Timeline September 1759

Events in September 1759 4

• 1712 – 1759 Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712-1759) Died 14 September 1759, aged 47 French general who commanded the defense of New France during the Seven Years' War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Quebec on 13 September 1759 and died the following day. His defeat marked the beginning of the end of French rule in Canada.
• 1727 – 1759 James Wolfe (1727-1759) Died 13 September 1759, aged 32 British general who commanded the forces that defeated the French at the Battle of Quebec. He was shot three times during the battle and died on the field as his troops secured victory. His death was later immortalized in Benjamin West's painting The Death of General Wolfe.
• 1759 Battle of Quebec Decisive British victory on the Plains of Abraham British forces under General James Wolfe defeated the French army of the Marquis de Montcalm outside Quebec City on 13 September 1759. Both commanding generals were mortally wounded during the fighting. The city surrendered days later, paving the way for the British conquest of New France.
• 1759 – 1823 William Playfair (1759-1823) Died 11 February 1823, aged 63 William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist credited with inventing the statistical line graph, bar chart, and pie chart. His 1786 "Commercial and Political Atlas" introduced data visualization as a tool for economic analysis. His graphical methods laid groundwork still used in charts today.