Editing 1759 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Smeaton's Tower]], [[John Smeaton]]’s [[Eddystone Lighthouse]] off the coast of [[South West England]], is first illuminated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eddystone Lighthouse|url=http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/eddystone.html|publisher=[[Trinity House]]|access-date=2006-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909043743/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/eddystone.html |archive-date=September 9, 2006<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] &ndash; A fire destroys the Macedonian city of [[Salonika]], reducing 4,000 houses to ashes.<ref> "Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p53</ref>
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Near East earthquakes of 1759]]:   The first event in an [[earthquake doublet]] occurs to the north of the [[Sea of Galilee]], with a [[surface wave magnitude]] of 6.6 and a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII–IX (''Severe–Violent''). About 2,000 are killed in [[Safed]].
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]]: The British fleet of [[Edward Hawke|Sir Edward Hawke]] defeats a French fleet under [[Marshal de Conflans]], near the coast of [[Brittany]].  This is the decisive naval engagement of the [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; after this, the French are no longer able to field a significant fleet.
[[File:Quibcardinaux2.jpg|thumb|[[November 20]]: [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]]]]
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Battle of Maxen]]: The Austrian army of Marshal von Daun cuts off and forces the surrender of a Prussian force, under [[Friedrich August von Finck|Friedrich von Finck]].
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Near East earthquakes of 1759]]:    The second and stronger event in an [[earthquake doublet]] occurs to the east of [[Beirut]], with a [[surface wave magnitude]] of 7.4 and a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), destroying all the villages in the [[Beqaa Valley]]. 
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Alamgir II]], the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor of India]], is assassinated in a conspiracy orchestrated by his Prime Minister, [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III|Imad-ul-Mulk]].  The [[Shah Alam II]], a grandson of the 17th century Emperor [[Aurangzeb]], is made the new Mughal Emperor.<ref name=Bhattacherje/>
* [[December 6]] &ndash; The [[Germantown Union School]] (later called [[Germantown Academy]]), America's oldest nonsectarian day school, is founded.
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Shah Jahan III]] is installed as the puppet ruler of [[India]]'s [[Mughal Empire]] eleven days after the death of [[Alamgir II]], but is removed after a reign of only ten months.
* [[December 31]] &ndash; The [[Guinness Brewery]] is leased by [[Arthur Guinness]] in [[St. James's Gate]], [[Dublin]], Ireland, for the brewing of [[Guinness]].