1759

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1759 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1759
MDCCLIX
Ab urbe condita2512
Armenian calendar1208
ԹՎ ՌՄԸ
Assyrian calendar6509
Bengali calendar1166
Berber calendar2709
British Regnal year32 Geo. 2  33 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar2303
Burmese calendar1121
Byzantine calendar7267–7268
Chinese calendar戊寅(Earth Tiger)
4455 or 4395
     to 
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
4456 or 4396
Coptic calendar1475–1476
Discordian calendar2925
Ethiopian calendar1751–1752
Hebrew calendar5519–5520
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1815–1816
 - Shaka Samvat1680–1681
 - Kali Yuga4859–4860
Holocene calendar11759
Igbo calendar759–760
Iranian calendar1137–1138
Islamic calendar1172–1173
Japanese calendarHōreki 9
(宝暦9年)
Javanese calendar1684–1685
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4092
Minguo calendar153 before ROC
民前153年
Nanakshahi calendar291
Thai solar calendar2301–2302
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1759 (MDCCLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Julian calendar, the 1759th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 759th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1759, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1918. In Great Britain, this year was known as the Annus Mirabilis because of British victories in the Seven Years' War.

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  1. Newman, Frank G. (January 1965). "The Acquisition of a Life Insurance Company". The Business Lawyer. American Bar Association. 20 (2): 411–416. Retrieved 2016-04-04. The first life insurance company in America was organized in 1759 under the corporate title 'The Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers'.
  2. "Eddystone Lighthouse". Trinity House. Archived from the original on September 9, 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-06.
  3. Royal Observatory Greenwich souvenir guide. 2012. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-1-906367-51-0. the first precision watch and considered by many today as the most important timekeeper ever.
  4. "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". World Heritage. UNESCO. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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