Explore 274 historical events from 1760–1769.
Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Spanish Enlightenment. He was an energetic popularizer noted for encouraging scientific and emp…
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (born 1676)
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was br…
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1720)
Vice-Admiral Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, comte Dubois de la Motte was a French Navy officer.
Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (born 1683)
William Hogarth was an English painter, engraver, cartoonist, and satirist. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral s…
William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (born 1697)
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 struck Woldegk in present-day northeastern Germany, killing one person
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 War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British
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
The Mozart family grand tour was a journey through western Europe, undertaken by Leopold Mozart, his wife Anna Maria, and their children Maria Anna (Nannerl) and Wolfgang Theophilu…
The Mozart family grand tour of Europe begins, lifting the profile of son Wolfgang Amadeus.
The Seneca are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the fart…
Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
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)
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a Brazilian statesman, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, born in Santos, São Paulo, then part of the Portuguese Empire.
José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (died 1838)
Johann(es) Simon Mayr, also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr, was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic mus…
Simon Mayr, German composer and educator (died 1845)
The Odawa are an Indigenous North American people who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, now in jurisdictions of the northeastern United States and southeaster…
Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
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: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
Catherine II, commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'état against her husband, Peter III. Her long rei…
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III of Great Britain on 7 October 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris (1763), which formally ended the Seven Years' War a…
King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the…
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)
Franz Ignaz Danzi was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer Franziska Danzi.
Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1826)
Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet. He is known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply Issa (一茶), a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea. He is regarded as one of t…
Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (died 1827)
Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone, was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure for Irish republicanism. Convinced that if his fel…
Wolfe Tone, Irish rebel leader (died 1798)
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard was a French statesman and philosopher, leader of the Doctrinaires group during the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830).
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher and academic (died 1845)