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Categories
:
1760
1760
Years:
1757
1758
1759
-
1760
-
1761
1762
1763
Decades
:
1730s
1740s
1750s
-
1760s
-
1770s
1780s
1790s
Centuries
:
17th century
-
18th century
-
19th century
1760 was a
leap year starting on Tuesday
(see link for calendar).
Contents
1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
January 9
-
Afghans
defeat
Marathas
in
Battle
of Barari Ghat .
March 20
- The "Great Fire" of
Boston
destroys 349 buildings.
June 4
-
Great Upheaval
:
New England
planters arrive to claim land in
Nova Scotia
Canada
taken from the
Acadians
.
July 8
-
French and Indian War
: Battle of the Ristigouche - British defeat French forces in last naval battle in
New France
.
October 9
-
Seven Years War
- Russian troops enter
Berlin
October 25
-
George III of the United Kingdom
ascends to the throne.
Russian
army briefly occupies
Berlin
and
Königsberg
.
Abu Dhabi
is founded. (Approximate date)
Tacky 's rebellion occurs in Jamaica.
Ongoing events
French and Indian War
(
1754
-
1763
)
Seven Years' War
(
1756
-
1763
)
Births
March 1
-
François Nicolas Leonard Buzot
, French Revolutionary leader (d.
1794
suicide)
May 10
-
Johann Peter Hebel
, poet (+
1826
)
May 28
-
Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais
,
French
political figure
and
general
(+
1794
)
August 22
-
Pope Leo XII
(+
1829
)
September 14
-
Luigi Cherubini
, Italian composer
Karl Bottiger
,
German
archaeologist
.
Deaths
October 25
- King
George II of Great Britain
.
Categories
:
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