Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian forces occupy Berlin [Old Style = September 28]
Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian forces occupy Berlin [Old Style = September 28]
Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian forces occupy Berlin [Old Style = September 28]
Events Before
Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plan
Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plantation in Kent County, Virginia, until his death in 1799 [1]
British Museum opens at Montagu House in London
Montagu House (sometimes spelled "Montague") was a late 17th-century mansion in Great Russell Street in the Bloomsbury district of London, which became the first home of the British Museum.
Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)
Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)
First music store in America opens in Philadelphia by future Treasurer of the United States, Michael Hillegas
First music store in America opens in Philadelphia by future Treasurer of the United States, Michael Hillegas
First American life insurance company is incorporated in Philadelphia
First American life insurance company is incorporated in Philadelphia
Events After
Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the 18th century, the mostly Muslim Afghan Durrani Empire defe
Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the 18th century, the mostly Muslim Afghan Durrani Empire defeats the mostly Hindu Maratha Empire in northern India. An estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people are killed in the fighting, and about 40,000 Maratha prisoners are massacred afterward.
Jurist William Blackstone (37) weds Sarah Clitherow
Jurist William Blackstone (37) weds Sarah Clitherow
Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte)
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761...
The British capture Pondicherry, India, from the French
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.
1st life insurance policy in North America issued in Philadelphia
1st life insurance policy in North America issued in Philadelphia
More from the 1760s
Afghans defeat the Indian Maratha Empire in the Battle of Barari Ghat
Afghans defeat the Indian Maratha Empire in the Battle of Barari Ghat
Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the 18th century, the mostly Muslim Afghan Durrani Empire defe
Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the 18th century, the mostly Muslim Afghan Durrani Empire defeats the mostly Hindu Maratha Empire in northern India. An estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people are killed in the fighting, and about 40,000 Maratha prisoners are massacred afterward.
Treaty of Paris ends the French-Indian War, France agrees to surrender Canada to Great Britain
The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, following Great Britain and…
Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign the Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Sev
Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign the Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years' War
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