1760
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1760 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
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1760 was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
- 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.
- July 31 - The Anglo-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick storms Warburg, with a heroic role being played by the English commander Lord Granby.
- August 15 - Battle of Liegnitz - By a series of brilliant maneuvers, Frederick the Great manages to defeat the Austrian army of Marshal Loudon before it can unite with that of Marshal Daun.
- October 9 - Russian troops enter Berlin, but soon withdraw.
- October 16 - Battle of Kloster-Kamp - Ferdinand of Brunswick is beaten back from the Rhine by a French army.
- October 25 - Death of George II of Great Britain. His grandson George III ascends to the throne.
- November 3 - Battle of Torgau. In another extremely hard fought battle, Frederick defeats Daun's Austrians, who withdraw across the Elbe.
- Abu Dhabi is founded. (Approximate date)
- Tacky's rebellion occurs in Jamaica.
- Publication of Dr. James Fordyce's two-volume compendium Sermons for Young Women.
Ongoing events
Births
- March 1 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (d. 1794)
- May 10 - Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
- May 28 - Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais, French politician and general (d. 1794)
- August 22 - Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
- September 14 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
- October 27 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
- Karl Bottiger, German archaeologist (d. 1835)
Deaths
- April 10 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
- May 5 - Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (hanged) (b. 1720)
- May 9 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)
- May 15 - Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)
- May 22 - Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
- September 11 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
- October 25 - King George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)