Explore 93 historical events from 1760–1769.
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the earl…
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingd
The siege of Quebec, also known as the second siege of Quebec, was a 1760 French attempt to retake Quebec City, in New France, which had been captured by Britain the previous year.…
French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British
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)
Jean Astruc was a professor of medicine in France at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and also, with a small anonymously…
Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (born 1684)
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers was an English nobleman, notable for being the last peer to be hanged, following his conviction for murdering his steward.
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (born 1720)
The siege of Quebec, also known as the second siege of Quebec, was a 1760 French attempt to retake Quebec City, in New France, which had been captured by Britain the previous year.…
French forces besieging Quebec retreat after the Royal Navy arrives to relieve the British garrison
Nicolas Charles Oudinot, duc de Reggio, was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is known to have been wounded 34 times in battle, being hi…
Nicolas Oudinot, French general (died 1847)
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 large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region
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)
Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in…
Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (born 1720)
Ferdinand III was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 to 1801 and, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824. He was also the Prince-elector and Grand Duke of Salzb…
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1824)
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician, was born at Mézières, where his father was a bookseller.
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (died 1834)
Andreas Vokos, better known by his nickname Miaoulis, was a Greek revolutionary, admiral, and politician who commanded Greek naval forces during the Greek War of Independence (1821…
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (died 1835)
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the earl…
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingd
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was a…
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in…
Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (born 1720)
Edward Holyoke was an American Congregationalist clergyman who served as the president of Harvard College from 1737 to 1769.
Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (born 1689)
Charles Tennant was a Scottish chemist and industrialist. He discovered bleaching powder and founded an industrial dynasty.
Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (died 1838)
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821 as the estranged w…
Caroline of Brunswick (died 1821)
Étienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, comte de Nansouty was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subseq…
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general (died 1815)
John Wilkes was a British radical, journalist, politician, magistrate and writer. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought …
Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticisin
Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army off…
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1854)
Samuel Slater was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution", a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson, and the "Father of the Ame…
Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman (died 1835)
Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (born 1697)
Georg Brandt was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt c. 1735. He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times. He is also known for exposi…
Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1694)
Johann Joachim Winckelmann was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the differences between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman ar…
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (born 1717)
James Short FRS was a Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes. During his 35-year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximate…
James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (born 1710)
Benjamin Tasker Sr. was the 21st Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753. He also occupied a number of other significant colonial offices, including, on various occasion…
Benjamin Tasker Sr
Captain Samuel Wallis was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti.
Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island
Nicolas Charles Oudinot, duc de Reggio, was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is known to have been wounded 34 times in battle, being hi…
Nicolas Oudinot, French general (died 1847)
Sadguru Sri Tyāgarāja Swāmi, also known as Tyāgayya, and in full as Kākarla Tyāgabraḥmaṁ, was a composer of Carnatic Music, a form of Indian Classical Music. Tyāgarāja and his cont…
Tyagaraja, Indian composer (died 1847)
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia was a Prussian princess by birth and a British princess by marriage. She was the eldest daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia and…
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (died 1820)
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos, 1st Prince of the Peace was First Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He was one of the cen…
Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1851)
Rachel Jackson was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his ele…
Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (died 1828)