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Events from the year 1756 in Great Britain. Incumbents- Monarch – George II
- Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) (until 16 November); William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (Whig) (starting 16 November)
- Parliament – 11th
Events- 16 January – Treaty of Westminster signed between Britain and Prussia guaranteeing the neutrality of Hanover, the German province controlled by King George II.[1]
- 12 April – Seven Years' War: The French invade Menorca, at this time under British control.
- 17 May – Seven Years' War: The Seven Years' War formally begins when Britain declares war on France.[1]
- 20 May – Seven Years' War: Battle of Minorca: The British fleet under John Byng is defeated by the French under Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière.
- 20 June – a garrison of the British Army in India is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.[1]
- 25 June – foundation of The Marine Society in London, the world's oldest seafarers' charity.[2]
- 29 June – Seven Years' War – Siege of Fort St Philip at Port Mahon: The British garrison in Menorca surrenders to the French after two months' siege by Armand de Vignerot du Plessis.
- 6 October - Hurricane hits Great Britain causing large crop losses, mainly corn. [3]
- 16 November – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne resigns as Prime Minister. His successor is William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.[4]
- 4 December – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham becomes Secretary of State for the Southern Department.[4]
- Undated – completion of William Edwards' Old Bridge, Pontypridd. With a {{convert|140|ft|m|abbr=on}} span it becomes (by 10 ft) the longest single-span bridge in Great Britain, remaining so for 40 years.[5][6]
Publications- Edmund Burke's (anonymous) A Vindication of Natural Society.[4]
Births- 3 March – William Godwin, writer (died 1836)
- 4 March – Henry Raeburn, painter (died 1823)
- April – William Gifford, satirist (died 1826)
- 13 June – Edmund Lodge, writer (died 1839)
- 21 September – John Loudon McAdam, highway engineer (died 1836)
- 13 November – Edward Rushton, abolitionist and pioneer of education for the blind (died 1814)
- 18 November – Thomas Burgess, Bishop, author and philosopher (died 1837)
- 22 November – Gilbert Wakefield, scholar (died 1801)
Deaths- 25 February – Eliza Haywood, actress and writer (born 1693)
- 24 July – George Vertue, engraver and antiquary (born 1684)
- 31 August – John Dandridge, distinguished colonel, planter (born 1700)
- 28 October – Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (born 1709)
- 8 December – William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, statesman and diplomat (born c. 1690)
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=318}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ms-sc.org/Corporate-Information/About-Us/History/The-Marine-Society |title=History of the Marine Society |accessdate=2007-09-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234459/http://www.ms-sc.org/Corporate-Information/About-Us/History/The-Marine-Society |archivedate=2007-09-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
3. ^{{cite book|page=462|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|editor=Urban, Sylvanus.|publisher=D. Henry & R. Cave|year=1756}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite book|chapter=1756|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Ruddock|first=Ted|title=Arch Bridges and their Builders 1735–1835|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=The+Theory+of+Arches+and+Pontypridd'&source=bl&ots=dUSYDFAVZT&sig=yytgiVizNCE1VsP9KSMK4o3RrwI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-09021-6|year=2008|chapter=The Theory of Arches and Pontypridd|accessdate=2009-01-19}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500 to 1830|first1=A. W.|last1=Skempton|first2=Mike|last2=Chrimes|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jeOMfpYMOtYC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=%22cylinderical+void+bridge%22&source=web&ots=aBavQZYhah&sig=zF_MVHGWydurWKIA32U-Cp54vc8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA212,M1|publisher=Thomas Telford|year=2002|isbn=0-7277-2939-X|pages=217–18}}
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