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1761 was a
common year starting on Thursday
(see link for calendar).
Contents
1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
January 14
-
Third Battle of Panipat
was fought between
Marathas
and
Afghans
January 16
-
British
capture
Pondicherry
,
India
from the
French
.
February 8
–
Earthquake
in
London
breaks chimneys in
Limehouse
and
Poplar
March 8
- Second earthquake in
North London
,
Hampstead
and
Highgate
In Dutch Guayana a “state” formed by escaped slaves signs a treaty with the local governor
Opening of
Matthew Boulton
's
Soho Manufactory
.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
is published, in France.
Ongoing events
French and Indian War
(
1754
-
1763
)
Seven Years' War
(
1756
-
1763
)
Births
January 17
-
James Hall
,
Scottish
geologist
February 1
-
Christian Hendrik Persoon
- Mycologist. (d.
1836
)
May 3
-
August von Kotzebue
- German Dramatist.
November 4
-
Bertrand Andrieu
- French engraver of medals.
November 20
-
Pope Pius VIII
December 1
-
Marie Tussaud
- French Waxwork modeller
Henry Shrapnel
- British Army officer and inventor.
Deaths
April 4
-
Theodore Gardelle
, Swiss enameller
April 7
-
Thomas Bayes
, British mathematician and Presbyterian minister
July 4
-
Samuel Richardson
, British writer
Tokugawa Ieshige
- Japanese shogun.
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