1749
Goethe Born in Frankfurt
On a late August afternoon in a Frankfurt townhouse on the Hirschgraben, a dead baby was revived by a horrified midwife.
Halifax Founded
To counter Louisbourg's return to France, the British Board of Trade sent Governor Edward Cornwallis with twenty-five hundred settlers to build a new naval…
Fielding's Tom Jones
Henry Fielding, a Bow Street magistrate by day, published his six-volume novel about a foundling who wandered from Somerset to London seeking his true origins.
Buffon's Histoire Naturelle Begins
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, launched his forty-four-volume survey of nature with three volumes describing the earth and the quadrupeds.
Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks
To celebrate the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, Handel composed an overture for wind band, played in London's Green Park before thousands.
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What happened in the year 1749?
Saeculum lists 5 events from 1749. The most significant is Goethe Born in Frankfurt: On a late August afternoon in a Frankfurt townhouse on the Hirschgraben, a dead baby was revived by a horrified midwife.
What era was 1749 part of?
1749 falls within the Enlightenment (1651-1800). Reason, revolution, and the first global wars.
Which regions saw notable events in 1749?
The events from 1749 span Europe and North America.