Explore 148 historical events from 1760–1769.
Samuel Chandler was an English Nonconformist minister and pamphleteer. He has been called the "uncrowned patriarch of Dissent" in the latter part of the reign of George II of Great…
Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (born 1693)
Don Carlo Zimech was a Maltese priest and painter. He was born within a well-off family in Żebbuġ on mainland Malta. In his later life, he retired to Nadur, Gozo, possibly because …
Carlo Zimech, Maltese priest and painter (born 1696)
Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles was a French Royal Army officer.
Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1678)
Jonathan Mayhew was a noted American Congregational minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (born 1720)
The 1766 Istanbul earthquake was a strong earthquake with epicenter in the eastern part of the Sea of Marmara, in the Çınarcık Basin which occurred in the early hours of Thursday m…
A magnitude-7
Sylvestre François Lacroix was a French mathematician.
Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (died 1834)
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)
Henry Thomas Colebrooke FRS FRSE FLS was an English orientalist and botanist. He has been described as "the first great Sanskrit scholar in Europe".
Henry Thomas Colebrooke, English orientalist (died 1837)
Rabbi Nachman of Horodenka was a Hasidic leader.
Nachman of Horodenka, Hasidic rabbi
Carle or Charles-André van Loo was a French painter, son of the painter Louis-Abraham van Loo, a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the …
Charles-André van Loo, French painter (born 1705)
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)
On June 29, 1764, one of the strongest tornadoes ever documented struck the town of Woldegk, Holy Roman Empire The tornado received the unique T11 rating on the TORRO scale along w…
One of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions
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)
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)
José Gervasio Artigas Arnal was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan nationhood.
José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (died 1850)
Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith was a British naval officer and politician. Serving in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, he rose to th…
Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (died 1840)
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)
Jan Paweł Łuszczewski was a Polish politician who was an envoy to the Four-Year Sejm and later the Minister for Interior and Religious Affairs in the Duchy of Warsaw from 5 October…
Jan Paweł Łuszczewski, Polish politician (died 1812)
Ann Radcliffe was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remem…
Ann Ward, English author and poet (died 1823)
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)
Ralph Allen was a British postmaster, merchant and philanthropist best known for his reforms to Britain's postal system. Born in St Columb Major, Cornwall, he moved to Bath, Somers…
Ralph Allen, English businessman and philanthropist (born 1693)