Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s
Years: 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 - 1758 - 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763
Events
- First European settlement in what is now Erie County by the French at the mouth of Buffalo Creek.
- Pope Clement XIII ascends to papacy
Births
- May 6 - Maximilian Robespierre, French revolutionary.
- September 29 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral.
- October 16 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer.
Deaths