Touro shul of Newport, Rhode Island dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
Touro shul of Newport, Rhode Island dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
Touro shul of Newport, Rhode Island dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
Events Before
Russian Tsar Peter III divorces his wife Catherine II
Russian Tsar Peter III divorces his wife Catherine II
Empress Catherine II becomes Tsarina of Russia after the death and rumored assassination of Tsar Peter III
Empress Catherine II becomes Tsarina of Russia after the death and rumored assassination of Tsar Peter III
British explorer Captain James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts
British explorer Captain James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts
Seven Years' War: Great Britain declares war on Spain & Naples
Seven Years' War: Great Britain declares war on Spain & Naples
Fraunces Tavern opens in NYC
Fraunces Tavern opens in NYC
Events After
Parents of English novelist Jane Austen, cleric George Austen and Cassandra Leigh marry
Jane Austen (AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the...
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (17) weds queen Maria Luisa of Spain (18) in Innsbruck, Austria
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (17) weds queen Maria Luisa of Spain (18) in Innsbruck, Austria
Future 2nd American President John Adams (28) weds Abigail Smith (19) in Weymouth, Massachusetts (marriage lasts 54 year
Future 2nd American President John Adams (28) weds Abigail Smith (19) in Weymouth, Massachusetts (marriage lasts 54 years)
A fire at Harvard University destroys Governor Winthrop's Telescope and its library of 5,000 books is mostly lost
A fire at Harvard University destroys Governor Winthrop's Telescope and its library of 5,000 books is mostly lost
St. Louis, Missouri founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclède
Pierre Laclède Liguest or Pierre Laclède (22 November 1729 – 20 June 1778) was a French fur trader who, with his young assistant and stepson Auguste Chouteau, founded St.
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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