Editing 1756 (section)

=== October–December ===
* [[October 1]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Lobositz]] – Frederick defeats an [[Archduchy of Austria|Austrian]] army under Marshal [[Maximilian Ulysses Browne|Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne]].
* [[October 14]] – An "Agreement of Friendship and Trade" is signed by [[Sultan]] [[Osman III]] and [[King]] [[Frederick V of Denmark|Frederick V]]. Denmark appoints an extraordinary representative to the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ees.dk/db/files/praesentationsbrochure_tyrkiet.pdf |title=Danish Business Delegation to Turkey |publisher=Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=2010-12-11|quote=Trade between our two countries can be dated centuries back. In 1756 Denmark and The Ottoman Empire signed a treaty on commerce and friendship, which paved the way for closer ties both human and commercial between our two people...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601122436/http://www.ees.dk/db/files/praesentationsbrochure_tyrkiet.pdf|archive-date=2011-06-01}}</ref>
* [[November 16]] – [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle|Thomas Pelham-Holles]], the Duke of Newcastle, is forced to resign as [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] after the British lose the [[Battle of Minorca (1756)|Battle of Minorca]] to the French. The office of Prime Minister [[Pitt–Devonshire ministry|remains vacant for eight months]] with [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]] and [[William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire|the Duke of Devonshire]] leading the cabinet. 
* [[December]] – [[Seven Years' War]] – [[French and Indian War]]: Militias of the [[Royal Colony of North Carolina]] build a fort on the province's western frontier to protect it against natives allied with the French. The fort is named [[Fort Dobbs (North Carolina)|Fort Dobbs]] in honor of North Carolina Governor [[Arthur Dobbs]], who persuaded the North Carolina legislature to fund the construction a year earlier.
* [[December 14]] – Rev. [[John Home]]'s tragedy ''[[Douglas (play)|Douglas]]'' is performed for the first time in [[Edinburgh]], with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the local church [[presbytery (church polity)|presbytery]], who summon [[Alexander Carlyle]] to answer for having attended its representation. However, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition.