Explore 179 historical events from 1760–1769.
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers was a French Army general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was the father of Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, a Marshal…
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (died 1813)
Charles Percier was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend…
Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (died 1838)
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)
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)
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, was an English Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as the Earl …
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (born 1683)
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)
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)
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)
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