Editing 1759 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] marries [[Martha Dandridge Custis]].
* [[January 11]] &ndash; In [[Philadelphia]], the first American [[life insurance]] company is incorporated.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Acquisition of a Life Insurance Company|last=Newman|first=Frank G.|journal=The Business Lawyer|volume=20|issue=2|publication-date=January 1965|pages=411–416|publisher=American Bar Association|url=http://www.austinlibrary.com:2138/stable/40683978|access-date=2016-04-04|quote=The first life insurance company in America was organized in 1759 under the corporate title 'The Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers'.}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Távora affair]]: The Távora family is executed, following accusations of the attempted regicide of [[Joseph I of Portugal]].
* [[January 15]]
** The [[British Museum]] opens at [[Montagu House, Bloomsbury|Montagu House]] in London after six years of development.
**[[Voltaire]]'s satire ''[[Candide]]'' is published simultaneously in five countries.
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of Río Bueno (1759)|Battle of Río Bueno]]: Spanish forces, led by [[Juan Antonio Garretón]], defeat indigenous [[Huilliche people|Huilliche]]s of southern Chile.<ref>{{cite book
 | last       = Barros Arana
 | first      = Diego
 | author-link1 = Diego Barros Arana 
 | title      = Historia General de Chile
 | volume     = VI
 | url        = http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9008.html
 | year       = 2000
 | orig-year   = 1886
 | edition    = 2
 | publisher  = [[Editorial Universitaria]]
 | location   = Santiago, Chile
 | language   = es
 |page = 310 
  }}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Ali II ibn Hussein]] becomes the new [[Bey of Tunis|Ruler of Tunisia]] upon the death  of his brother, [[Muhammad I ar-Rashid]]. Ali reigns for 23 years until his death in 1782.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; The [[Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally|Comte de Lally]] (Thomas Lally) ends the French Army's two-month siege of the British Indian fort at [[Madras]] and retreats.<ref name=Bhattacherje>S. B. Bhattacherje, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates'' (Sterling Publishers, 2009) p94</ref>
* [[February 17]] &ndash; "The greatest fleet that had ever put out for America"<ref>George M. Wrong, ''The Conquest of New France: A Chronicle of the Colonial Wars'' (Yale University Press, 1921) p214</ref> departs from [[Portsmouth]] with 250 ships (including 49 [[Royal Navy]] warships under the command of [[Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)|Vice Admiral Charles Saunders]], on a mission to capture French-controlled [[Quebec]].<ref name=Quebec>"Quebec, Capture of", in ''Encyclopedia of Naval History'', ed. by Anthony Bruce and William Cogar (Routledge, 2014) p297</ref> The ships bring 14,000 sailors, marines and [[British Army]] troops under the command of Major General [[James Wolfe]], along with another 7,000 men in merchant service.  
* [[March 4]]&ndash;[[November 20]] &ndash; [[Étienne de Silhouette]] serves as Controller-General of France and attempts major financial reforms.