Explore 274 historical events from 1760–1769.
The Anglo-Spanish War was fought between Britain and Spain as part of the Seven Years' War. It lasted from January 1762 until February 1763, when the Treaty of Paris brought it to …
Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris…
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 …
The Trevi Fountain (pictured) in Rome was officially inaugurated by Pope Clement XIII
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian sub…
Seven Years' War: The Battle of Manila concluded with a British victory over Spain, leading to a twenty-month…
The Exhibition of 1761 was the inaugural art exhibition staged by the Society of Artists of Great Britain (SAGB), a group of painters, architects and sculptors. The exhibition open…
Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opens at Spring Gardens in Londo
Marie Harel was a French cheesemaker, who, along with Abbot Charles-Jean Bonvoust, invented Camembert cheese, according to local legend.
Marie Harel, French cheesemaker (died 1844)
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During his reign, the Acts of Union 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland into the Un…
Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue was a German playwright, who had also worked as a Russian diplomat.
August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (died 1819)
Samuel Dexter was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, De…
Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Tr
John Rennie was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron.
John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer (died 1821)
Antonín Vranický, Germanized as Anton Wranitzky, and also seen as Wranizky, was a Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the half brother of Pavel Vranický.
Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer (died 1820)
Jacob Hübner was a German entomologist. He was the author of Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author (died 1826)
Yevstigney Ipat'yevich Fomin was a Russian opera composer of the 18th century.
Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer (died 1800)
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During his reign, the Acts of Union 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland into the Un…
George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great…
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave was a French politician, and, together with Honoré Mirabeau, one of the most influential orators of the early part of the French Revolution. He …
Antoine Barnave, French politician and orator (died 1793)
Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen was a German composer and conductor who lived and worked for much of his life in Denmark.
F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor (died 1817)
William Townsend Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1827)
Thomas Simpson FRS was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals. The attribution, as often in mathematics, can …
Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (born 1710)
Jonas Alströmer was a pioneer of agriculture and industry in Sweden.
Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (born 1685)
Samuel Richardson was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady (1748) and The …
Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (born 1689)
Johann Matthias Gesner was a German classical scholar and schoolmaster.
Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (born 1691)
Melchor de Navarrete y Bujanda (1693–1761) was a Spanish soldier and administrator who served as governor of Cartagena de Indias, from 1739 to 1742; of Spanish Florida from 1749 to…
Melchor de Navarrete, Spanish colonial governor of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia, 1739–1742); of Spanish Florida…
Bernard Forest de Bélidor was a French engineer, significant to the development of the science of hydraulics and ballistics.
Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (born 1698)
The Exhibition of 1761 was the inaugural art exhibition staged by the Society of Artists of Great Britain (SAGB), a group of painters, architects and sculptors. The exhibition open…
The inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opened at Spring Gardens in London
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