Explore 68 historical events from 1760–1769.
Johanna Christiana Sophie Vulpius von Goethe was the longtime lover and later wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (died 1816)
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. She was order…
HMS Victory is launched at Chatham Dockyard, Kent
Alexis Claude Clairaut was a French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was a prominent Newtonian whose work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results…
Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (born 1713)
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was a British-American neoclassical architect who immigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects …
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (died 1820)
Élisabeth of France, also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was…
Princess Élisabeth of France (died 1794)
Major-General Robert Craufurd was a British Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. After a military career which took him from India to the Nether…
Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (died 1812)
Edward Livingston was an American jurist, statesman and slaveholder. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on…
Edward Livingston, American jurist and politician, 11th United States Secretary of State (died 1836)
Johann Mattheson was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. His writings on the late Baroque and early Classical period were highly influential, specifically,…
Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (born 1681)
Count Francesco Algarotti was an Italian polymath, active as a philosopher, writer, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonia…
Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1712)
Pontiac's War was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (175…
Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British
Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler is a former Norwegian newspaper issued in Oslo from 1763 to 1920. It was the first newspaper in Norway, and its first issue came out on 25 May 1763.
First issue of Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, the first regular Norwegian newspaper (1763–1920)
Pontiac's War was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (175…
Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the gar
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish military officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (died 1813)
János Batsányi was a Hungarian poet.
János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (died 1845)
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin FRS(For) HFRSE was a French pharmacist and chemist. He was the discoverer of chromium and beryllium.
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (died 1829)
Marie-Josephte Corriveau, better known as "la Corriveau", is a well-known figure in Québécois folklore. She lived in New France, and was sentenced to death in 1763 by a British cou…
Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (born 1733)
George Psalmanazar was a Frenchman who claimed to be the first native of Formosa to visit Europe. For some years, he convinced many in Britain, but he was eventually revealed to be…
George Psalmanazar, French-English author (born 1679)
Manuel Maximiliano Alberti was an Argentine priest from Buenos Aires when the city was part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He had a curacy at Maldonado, Uruguay during …
Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (died 1811)
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with f…
Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St
Prussia was a German state centred on the North European Plain. It originated from the 1525 secularization act of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centurie…
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg
The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762. Standing …
Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan, was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empi…
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1833)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher who became a founding figure of German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1814)
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst was a British Tory politician. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. A personal friend of William Pitt the Younger, he became a broker…
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (died 1834)