What happened 1756 AD

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January 1756 to Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) and Anna Maria, née Pertl (1720–1778), at Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg.

Washington, impatient for an offensive against Fort Duquesne, was convinced Braddock would have granted him a royal commission, and pressed his case in February 1756 with Braddock's successor, William Shirley, and again in January 1757 with Shirley's successor, Lord Loudoun. Shirley ruled in Washington's favor only in the matter of Dagworthy; Loudoun humiliated Washington, refused him a royal commission and agreed only to relieve him of the responsibility of manning Fort Cumberland.

Maria Amalia was the spouse of Emperor Charles VII and passed away at 55.

Jzef Javurek was born in Beneov, the Czech Republic, in 1756.

The Austrian field marshal and statesman, Heinrich von Bellegarde, was born in 1845.

The Austrian composer, Anton Teyber, was born in Vienna in 1756.

The Polish mathematician and astronomer Jan niadecki was born in 1756.

Dutch cartoonist and graphic artist Jacob van Strij was born in Dordrecht in the Dutch Republic.

Joseph Martin Kraus was born in Germany in 1756.