Explore 93 historical events from 1760–1769.
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)
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)
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)
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
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
The Expulsion of the Acadians was the eviction of French colonialists of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain. It included …
Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rogers was a British Army officer and frontiersman. Born in Methuen, Province of Massachusetts Bay, he fought in King George's War, the French and Indian …
French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River nea
Johann Peter Hebel was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, Lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric poems and one of German tales…
Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet (died 1826)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin…
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (died 1836)
Johan Gadolin was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. Gadolin discovered a "new earth" containing the first rare-earth compound yttrium, which was later determined to be…
Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (died 1852)
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray was a French novelist, playwright and journalist.
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797)
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)
Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christ…
Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (born 1700)
Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov or BeShT (בעש״ט), was a Jewish mystic and healer regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. A baal shem tov is a "Master of the Good…
Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (born 1700)
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: France began an unsuccessful attempt to retake Quebec City, which had been captured by Britain