Explore 274 historical events from 1760–1769.
Henry Bouquet was a Swiss mercenary who rose to prominence in British service during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War.
Henry Bouquet, Swiss-English colonel (born 1719)
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset was a British politician who served as Lord President of the Council from 1745 to 1751. He also twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ir…
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)
Giovanni Paolo, also known as Gian Paolo Panini or Pannini, was an Italian Baroque painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti. As a pai…
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (born 1691)
Stanisław II August, known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 17…
Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Valentino Fioravanti was an Italian composer of opera buffas.
Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (died 1837)
Fletcher Christian was an English sailor who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, during which he seized command of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty from Lieutenant William Bligh.
Fletcher Christian, English sailor (died 1793)
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)
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)
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)
Nathaniel Bliss was an English astronomer who served as the Astronomer Royal from 1762 to 1764. Bliss studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Professor of Geomet…
Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (born 1700)
Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer and music theorist of the late Baroque era. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th centur…
Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (born 1683)
Robert Dodsley was an English bookseller, publisher, poet, playwright, and miscellaneous writer.
Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (born 1703)