Timeline May 1759

Events in May 1759 3

• 1759 Josiah Wedgwood founds his pottery works Ivy House Works in Burslem begins production Josiah Wedgwood began producing earthenware independently at the Ivy House Works in Burslem, Staffordshire, in May 1759. His innovations in materials, design, and marketing grew the business into one of Britain's best-known pottery firms. The Wedgwood brand remains in production more than two centuries later.
• 1759 Capture of Guadeloupe British expedition seizes French Caribbean colony A British naval and military expedition captured the sugar-rich French colony of Guadeloupe after a months-long campaign, with the island surrendering on 1 May 1759. The conquest disrupted French Caribbean trade during the Seven Years' War. Guadeloupe was held by Britain until it was returned to France in 1763.
• 1759 – 1806 William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) Died 23 January 1806, aged 46 Pitt served as Britain's youngest prime minister, first from 1783 to 1801 and again from 1804 until his death. He led Britain through the early Napoleonic Wars and helped organize the coalitions against France. He died in London, reportedly worn down by the stress of office and news of Austria's defeat at Austerlitz.