Timeline June 1756

Events in June 1756 3

• 1756 French forces capture Minorca Siege of Fort St Philip ends British control of the island A French expedition under the Duc de Richelieu landed on Minorca and besieged the British garrison at Fort St Philip. The fort surrendered at the end of June, and the loss led to the court martial and execution of British Admiral John Byng the following year.
• 1756 – 1843 John Trumbull (1756-1843) Died 10 November 1843, aged 87 John Trumbull was an American painter of the Revolutionary War era. His painting Declaration of Independence hangs in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.
• 1756 Black Hole of Calcutta Prisoners die after the fall of Fort William to Siraj ud-Daulah After the forces of Siraj ud-Daulah, the new Nawab of Bengal, captured the British East India Company's Fort William at Calcutta, surviving defenders and civilians were confined overnight in a small, poorly ventilated dungeon. Many of the prisoners died of suffocation and heat exhaustion, and the episode became a lasting symbol in British accounts of colonial India.