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1754 Historical Event(s)
- January 28, 1754 – Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
- May 28, 1754 – French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
- July 3, 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- July 4, 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers.
Who Were Born On 1754?
- January 24, 1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820)
- January 29, 1754 – Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
- February 17, 1754 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
- May 31, 1754 – Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (d. 1817)
- June 1, 1754 – Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Austrian governor of the Duchy of Milan and Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
- June 4, 1754 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
- June 20, 1754 – Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
- August 9, 1754 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect, planner of Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
- October 16, 1754 – Morgan Lewis, Governor of New York (1804–07) (d. 1844)
- December 2, 1754 – William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)