Editing 1756 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 30]] – [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]] presents the newly built [[Catherine Palace]] at [[Tsarskoye Selo]] to Empress [[Elizabeth of Russia]] and her court.
* [[August 14]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: [[French and Indian War]] – [[Fort Oswego]] falls to the French.
* [[August 29]] – [[Frederick II of Prussia]] invades [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]], beginning the [[Third Silesian War]] within the Seven Years' War on the European continent.
* [[September 2]] – [[Abu l-Hasan Ali I]], [[List of Beys of Tunis|Bey of Tunis]] is forcibly removed after 23 years as the ruler of the North African emirate by his cousins, who are avenging the overthrow and execution of their father, [[Al-Husayn I ibn Ali|Husayn]] in 1735. Hasan Ali surrenders to the rebels and is imprisoned in [[Algiers]], then executed on September 22 on orders of the new Bey of Tunis, [[Muhammad I ar-Rashid]].