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June 4 – Jean-Antoine Chaptal, French chemist who names nitrogen in 1790 (died 1832) September 21 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish highway engineer (died 1836) November 30 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist (died 1827)
Events from the year 1756 in France. Incumbents. Monarch – Louis XV [1] Events. 12 April – French invasion of Minorca, at this time under British control.
January 25 – Christian Vater, German organ and harpsichord builder (born 1679); April 10 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Bolognese composer (born 1661); April 13 – Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, German keyboard virtuoso (born 1727)
1756) June 9 – Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682) [122] June 24 – Hachisuka Tsunanori, Japanese daimyō who ruled the Tokushima Domain (d. 1730) July 7 – Henri, Duke of Elbeuf, member of the House of Lorraine (d. 1748) July 11 – Charles, Prince of Commercy, French field marshal (d. 1702)