Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1756
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Literature
- Amory, John Buncle ???
- Samuel Johnson, Preface to Rolt's Dictionary of Commerce,
Life of Frederick the Great
- April: Samuel Johnson edits The Literary Magazine
- Mason, Odes
- E. Moore, Poems
- Tobias Smollett founds The Critical Review (runs through 1817)
- Joseph Warton, Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope
- Voltaire, Le Désastre de Lisbonne
Theatre
- J. Brown, Athelstan
- Samuel Foote, The Englishman Returned from Paris
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Joseph Black of Scotland discovers carbonic acid gas
- The Vienna Imperial Observatory is founded in Austria
- The Royal Society of Naples is founded in Italy
Politics & Law
- January: Britain and Prussia join in the Treaty of Westminster
- The Seven Years War between England and France begins, creating fears
of a French invasion of England
- The House of Lords rejects Townshend's first Militia Bill
- The French take Minorca; Admiral Byng is court-martialed and (in 1757)
executed for failing to prevent it
- November: Newcastle resigns
- Pitt is appointed Secretary of State
- The "Black Hole of Calcutta" ???
- Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Birth of Gifford
- Birth of James Gillray, caricaturist
- March: Birth of William Godwin
- Death of Eliza Haywood
- Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Birth of Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist
- Death of Gilbert West
Miscellaneous
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