What happened 1753 AD

Around 1753 at about the age of 21, Banneker reportedly completed a wooden clock that struck on the hour. He appears to have modeled his clock from a borrowed pocket watch by carving each piece to scale. The clock purportedly continued to work until his death.

The British Museum was established in 1753 and had a library containing over 50,000 books.

In October 1753, Dinwiddie (Virginia's Lieutenant Governor) appointed Washington as a special envoy to demand that the French vacate territory which the British had claimed.

The German Enlightenment author who helped develop the detective story genre in German literature was born in Bautzen, the Holy Roman Empire.

The Russian sculptor, Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky, was born in St. Petersburg in 1753.

The leader of Mexican independence, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, was born in Pénjamo, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

French cellist and composer Jean-Baptiste Breval was born in Paris in 1753.

The Austrian composer, johann baptist schenk, was born in Austria in 1753.