Explore 179 historical events from 1760–1769.
Peter III Fyodorovich was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when his wife, Catherine II, overthrew him in a palace coup d'état. He implemented ma…
Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with f…
Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St
Prussia was a German state centred on the North European Plain. It originated from the 1525 secularization act of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centurie…
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg
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: British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city
The Battle of Wilhelmsthal was fought on 24 June 1762 during the Seven Years' War between the allied forces of Britain, Prussia, Hanover, Brunswick and Hesse under the command of t…
Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia
Catherine II, commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'etat against her husband, Peter III. Her long rei…
Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan, was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empi…
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1833)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher who became a founding figure of German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1814)
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst was a British Tory politician. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. A personal friend of William Pitt the Younger, he became a broker…
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (died 1834)
Edmund Ignatius Rice, F.P.M., C.F.C. was a Catholic missionary and educationalist who founded two institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the P…
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (died 1844)
Jakob Haibel was an Austrian composer, operatic tenor and choirmaster.
Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer (died 1826)
George IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, …
George IV of the United Kingdom (died 1830)
Aleksander Józef Sułkowski was a Polish general and the progenitor of the Sułkowski noble line. He was politically active in Poland, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and in the E…
Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (born 1695)
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was a German philosopher. He established aesthetics as a philosophical discipline.
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (born 1714)
Dorothea Christiane Erxleben was a German medical doctor who became the first female doctor of medicine in Germany.
Dorothea Erxleben, first German female doctor (born 1715)
Anne Russell, Duchess of Bedford was the wife of Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford, and, following his death, of William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey. She was the mother of …
Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford) (born c
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon was a French poet and tragedian.
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (born 1674)
Johann Ernst Eberlin was a German composer and organist whose works bridge the baroque and classical eras. He was a composer of church organ and choral music. Marpurg claims he wro…
Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (born 1702)
James Bradley was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration…
James Bradley, English priest and astronomer (born 1693)
Peter III Fyodorovich was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when his wife, Catherine II, overthrew him in a palace coup d'état. He implemented ma…
Peter III of Russia (born 1728)
George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, was a British Whig politician who represented Winchelsea and Bridgwater in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1715 to 1761.
George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (born 1691)
Commandant Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla was a Spanish Navy officer who served in the Anglo-Spanish War. He was killed in action during the British siege of Havana in 1762.
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (born 1711)
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…
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward W…
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1689)