1759 in Russia

Incumbents

• List of [Russian monarchs|Monarch] – Elizabeth

Events

• Page Corps military academy founded in Saint Petersburg
• May 10 - The Macedonian [Hussar Regiment] is formed and starts to assist the Russian Empire in the Seven Years' War.
• August 12 - Battle of Kunersdorf: Frederick the Great is rebuffed in bloody assaults, by the combined Austro–Russian army of Pyotr Saltykov and Ernst von Laudon. This is one of Frederick's greatest defeats.

Births

• Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, empress of Paul I of Russia