In the year 1756, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (Mar 17), the Catherine Palace in Russia is completed (Jul 30), the Seven Year’s war - a global conflict involving every European great power of the time  - begins, lasting until 1763, peasants in Prussia are forced to grow the unpopular and obscure potato, the first chocolate-candy factory begins operations in Germany - and all these fine people were born:

1756-0126 Johan Fredrik Aminoff* Swedish count/soldier/ statesman - Bromarv, Sweden-Finland (1842/86) 1756-0127 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart* composer - Salzburg, Austria (1791/35) 1756-0206 Aaron Burr* politician - Newark, New Jersey, British America (1836/80) 1756-0226 Carl Gustaf af Leopold* poet - Stockholm, Sweden (1829/73) 1756-0303 William Godwin* journalist/political philosopher/novelist - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England (1836/80) 1756-0408 Sila Zandukeli-Sandunov* businessman/actor of Georgian origin/founder of the Sanduny Baths in Moscow - (1820/c.63) 1756-0423 Alexander Reinagle* Brittish-American organist/composer /theater musician - Portsmouth, England (1809/53) 1756-0527 Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria* King of Bavaria - Schwetzingen, Baden  (1825/69) 1756-0606 John Trumbull* painter/“The Painter of the Revolution” - Lebanon, Colony of Connecticut, British America (1843/87) 1756-0620 Joseph Martin Kraus* German-Swedish composer/“The Swedish Mozart” -  Miltenberg am Main, Franconia (1792/36) 1756-0714 Jaakko Wallenberg* (b Maunuksela) glazier/Christian revivalist - Isokyrö, Sweden-Finland (1798/42) 1756-0725 Elizabeth Hamilton* Scottish essayist/poet/satirist - Belfast, Ireland (1816/59) 1756-0731 Dheeran Chinnamalai* Tamil King who fought against the British East India Company - Melapalayam, Tamil Nadu (1805/49) 1756-0801 Pierre Louis Prieur* lawyer - Sommesous, Kingdom of France (1827/70) 1756-0810 1756-0829 Heinrich von Bellegarde* soldier/ general officer/statesman - Dresden, Electorate of Saxony (1845/88) 1756-0909 Kristofer Kristian Karsten* opera singer - Ystad, Kingdom of Sweden (1827/70) 1756-0923 John Loudon McAdam* engineer/road builder/inventor of _macadamisation _- Ayr, Scotland (1836/80) 1756-1013 James Gambier* Royal Navy officer/Governor of Newfoundland - New Providence, The Bahamas (1833/76) 1756-1017 Isaac Abraham Euchel* Hebrew author/founder of the Haskalah-movement - Copenhagen, Denmark (1804/57) 1756-1021 Philippine Engelhard* poet - Nürnberg, Germany (1831/74) 1756-1103 Pierre Laromiguière* philosopher - Aveyron, France (1837/80) 1756-1201 1756-1207 John Littlejohn* British-American tradesman/Methodist preacher/politician - Penrith, Cumberland, England (1836/79) 1756-1231 1756-0 1756-0 1756-0 Updated 2025-0125 Helsinki Search for another year here