1760
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1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- March 20 – The "Great Fire" of Boston destroys 349 buildings.
- June 4 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia Canada taken from the Acadians.
- July 8 – French and Indian War: Battle of the Ristigouche – British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
- October 9 – Seven Years War – Russian troops enter Berlin
- October 25 – George III of the United Kingdom ascends to the throne.
- Russian army briefly occupies Berlin and Königsberg.
- Abu Dhabi is founded. (Approximate date)
- Tacky's rebellion occurs in Jamaica.
Ongoing events
Births
- March 1 – François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (d. 1794)
- May 10 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
- May 28 – Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais, French politician and general (d. 1794)
- August 22 – Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
- September 14 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
- Karl Bottiger, German archaeologist (d. 1835)
Deaths
- October 25 – King George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
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