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1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).
Events
- February 10 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
- 15 February - the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies
- March 1 - Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the British government
- May 7 - Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
- June 2 - Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
- June 28 – earthquake in Komarom, Hungary
- August 5 - Pontiac's War - Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run in the Pennsylvania backcountry.
- The Treaty of Paris signed by Great Britain, France and Spain brings an end to the Seven Years' War (also called the French and Indian War in the United States and the War of the Conquest in Quebec)
- First publication of Bayes' theorem
- Proclamation of 1763
- Fire in Smyrna destroys 2,600 houses.
Births
- January 8 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (d. 1834)
- January 24 - Louis Alexandre Andrault Graf Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
- January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, French marshal, King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (d. 1844)
- February 14 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
- February 29 - Ann Lee, American religious leader (d. 1784)
- March 9 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
- March 13 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)
- March 21 - Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
- May 7 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (d. 1813)
- May 21 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
- June 20 - Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
- June 23 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
- July 17 - John Jacob Astor, German-born entrepreneur (d. 1848)
- August 17 - Dmitry Senyavin, Russian admiral (d. 1831)
- December 25 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (d. 1805)
- December 28 - John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 1836)
- December 31 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
Deaths
- January 11 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
- January 22 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
- January 29 - Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
- February 11 - William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
- February 12 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
- May 3 - George Psalmanazar, British impostor
- August 21 - Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
- September 26 - John Byrom, English poet (b. 1692)
- October 28 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
- November 23 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
- December 17 - Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (b. 1722)
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