1761

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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 Guyana 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.
June 6 - Transit of Venus occurred, and was observed from 120 locations around the globe.
December 16 - Seven Years' War: After four months of siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.

Ongoing events

Births

January 17 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832)
February 1 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
February 16 - Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
March 6 - Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
May 3 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
October 27 - Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist (d. 1823)
November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver of medals (d. 1822)
November 13 - John Moore, British general (d. 1809)
November 20 - Pope Pius VIII (d. 1850)
December 1 - Marie Tussaud, French wax modeller (d. 1850)
Henry Shrapnel, British Army officer and inventor (d. 1842)

Deaths

January 4 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (b. 1677)
January 10 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
February 1 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
April 9 - William Law, English minister (b. 1686)
April 15 - Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)
April 17 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician
May 14 - Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (b. 1710)
June 2 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
July 4 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
July 13 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
August 3 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
September 8 - Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
November 30 - John Dollond, English optician (b. 1706)
December 23 - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy

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