1760
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s |
| Years: | 1757 1758 1759 – 1760 – 1761 1762 1763 |
| 1760 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science |
| Countries: |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1760 (MDCCLX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1760
January–June
June 4: Evangeline and Great Upheaval.
- January 28 – Benning Wentworth creates the New Hampshire Grant of Pownal, Vermont.
- February 27 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Cherokee natives allied with French forces attack a North Carolina militia stationed at Fort Dobbs in the western part of the province. The attack is repelled by the militia.
- 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–December
- July 8 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche: British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
- July 19 – A formal request is made to the Spanish government as to allow the founding of the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- July 31 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Warburg: The Anglo-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick storms Warburg, with a heroic role being played by the English commander Lord Granby.
- August 30 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Legnica: By a series of brilliant maneuvers, Frederick the Great manages to defeat the Austrian army of Marshal Laudon before it can unite with that of Marshal Daun.
- August 21 – The church (later cathedral) of Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.
- 18 September – The town (later city) of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is founded.
- October 9 – Russian troops enter Berlin, but soon withdraw.
- October 16 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Kloster-Kamp: Ferdinand of Brunswick is beaten back from the Rhine by a French army.
- October 25 – George II of Great Britain dies; his grandson George III ascends to the throne.
- November 3 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Torgau: In another extremely hard battle Frederick defeats Daun's Austrians, who withdraw across the Elbe.
Undated
- Abu Dhabi is founded (Approximate date).
- Tacky's rebellion occurs in Jamaica.
- Dr. James Fordyce's two-volume compendium, Sermons for Young Women, is published.
- The dockyards of Portsmouth catch fire.
- Western countries pay 3,000,000 ounces of silver for Chinese goods.
Ongoing events
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1760 MDCCLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2513 |
| Armenian calendar | 1209 ԹՎ ՌՄԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -84 – -83 |
| Bengali calendar | 1167 |
| Berber calendar | 2710 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2304 |
| Burmese calendar | 1122 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7268 – 7269 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十一月十四日 (4396/4456-11-14) — to —
庚辰年十一月廿五日(4397/4457-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 1476 – 1477 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1752 – 1753 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5520 – 5521 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1816 – 1817 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1682 – 1683 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4861 – 4862 |
| Holocene calendar | 11760 |
| Iranian calendar | 1138 – 1139 |
| Islamic calendar | 1173 – 1174 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōreki 10 (宝暦10年) |
| Korean calendar | 4093 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2303 |
- January 3 – John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
- March 1 – François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (d. 1794)
- March 10 – Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (d. 1828)
- March 28 – Thomas Clarkson, British Abolitionist (d. 1846)
- April 30 – Joseph Souham, French general (d. 1837)
- May 10 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
- May 28 – Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais, French politician and general (d. 1794)
- May 29 – Charlotte Slottsberg, Swedish ballerina
- June 12 – Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French novelist, playwright, journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1797)
- 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)
- October – Fredrique Löwen, stage actress (d. 1813)
- December 17 – Deborah Sampson, first American female soldier (d. 1827)
- date unknown – Louise Françoise Contat, French actress (d. 1813)
- probable – Lemuel Francis Abbott, English portrait painter (d. 1802)
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)
- June 13 – Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (b. 1696)
- July 13 – Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Iroquois Confederacy (b. 1696)
- September 11 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
- October 15 – Nicolas d'Assas, a captain of the French regiment of Auvergne (b. 1733)
- October 25 – King George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)