Explore 208 historical events from 1760–1769.
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)
Margaret Fownes-Luttrell was a British heiress, the wife of Henry Fownes Luttrell. She was the heiress of Dunster Castle, under the stipulation in her father's will that her husban…
Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (born 1726)
Archibald Bower was a Scottish historian noted for his complicated and varying religious faith and the accounts he gave of it. Scholars now consider them lacking in credibility.
Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (born 1686)
Benjamin Heath, D.C.L.[a] was an English classical scholar and bibliophile.
Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (born 1704)
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
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
The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 16 August 1765, between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, son of the late Emperor Alamgir II, and Robert Clive, of the East India Company, in t…
Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of…
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)
Petros Mavromichalis, also known as Petrobey, was a Greek general and politician who played a major role in the lead-up and during the Greek War of Independence. Before the war, he…
Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1848)
William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded…
William IV, King of the United Kingdom (died 1837)
Manuel Maria Barbosa l'Hedois du Bocage, most often referred to simply as Bocage, was a Portuguese Neoclassic poet, writing at the beginning of his career under the pen name Elmano…
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (died 1805)
Pope Gregory XVI was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon entering the reli…
Pope Gregory XVI (died 1846)
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)
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)
Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1745 to 1765, Archduke of Austria from 1740 to 1765, Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1729 to 1737, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1737 to 1765. …
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1708)
Henry Bouquet was a Swiss mercenary who rose to prominence in British service during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War.
Henry Bouquet, Swiss-English colonel (born 1719)
Stanisław II August, known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 17…
Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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)