This Year in History:
1754
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
In the first engagement of the French and Indian War, a Virginia militia under 22‑year‑old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeats a French reconnaissance party in southwestern Pennsylvania. In a surprise…
On June 4, 1754, during the Seven Years’ War, a 22‑year‑old lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia named George Washington begins construction of a makeshift Fort Necessity. The fort was…
On August 21, 1754, Banastre Tarleton is born as the fourth child of John Tarleton, the former lord mayor of Liverpool, and a money lender, merchant and slave trader. After…
