1760 in History – What happened in year 1760

In history, year 1760 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1760.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1760:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
27 june	Anglo-Cherokee War-Cherokee warriors defeated British forcesat the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina, US.
03 july	Maratha army captured Delhi under Sadashiv Rao Bhau and Vishvas Rao. Sadashiv Rao Bhau was the nephew of Peshwa Baji Rao I. He served as the Sarsenapati of the Maratha army in the third battle of Panipat. He died fighting in the third battle of Panipat. Vishwas Rao was the eldest son of Balaji Baji Rao who was Peshwa of Pune of the Maratha Empire and also was the heir to the title of Peshwa of Maratha Empire. He died during the period of the most extreme fighting at Third Battle of Panipat
25 october	George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland.
03 July	The Maratha army captured Delhi.
27 September	Mir Qasim became the Nawab of Bengal.
13 October	Russia and Austrian forces withdrew from Germany's capital Berlin.
22 January	The British defeated the Franciscans in the Battle of Vandiwash.
23 January	The British defeated the French in the Battle of Vandiwash.
14 January	French General Lely handed Puducherry to the British.
16 February	Native American hostages died at Fort Prince George, South Carolina.
20 March	The largest fire in the city of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.
10 June	The first effective law for medical practice was enacted in New York.
26 July	Austrian troops captured Fort Glatz Silesia.
15 August	Battle of Levignaz: Prussia defeated Austria and Russia.
08 September	The French army surrendered Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst.
23 October	The first book of Jewish prayer printed in North America.
29 November	French commandant Bellere surrendered Detroit to Major R. Rogers.
25 December	Jupiter Hamon, an African American slave published a poem called "An Evening Thought".

Famous birthdays in the year 1760:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 October	William Thomas Beckford / Politician / United Kingdom
01 March	François Buzot / Politician / France
02 December	John Breckinridge / Lawyer / United States of America
02 March	Camille Desmoulins / Politician / France
05 June	Johan Gadolin / Chemist / Finland
08 July	Christian Kramp / Academic / France
10 May	Johann Peter Hebel / Poet / Germany
10 January	Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg / Composer / Germany
10 May	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle / Engineer / France
11 January	Oliver Wolcott Jr. / Politician / United States of America
12 June	Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai / Politician / France
13 July	István Pauli / Poet / Hungary
15 September	Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien / General / Prussia
17 October	Claude Henri de Rouvroy / Philosopher / France
17 December	Deborah Sampson / Soldier / United States of America
23 November	François-Noël Babeuf / Activist / France
27 October	August Neidhardt von Gneisenau / Field Marshal / Prussia
28 March	Thomas Clarkson / Activist / United Kingdom
30 December	Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie / General / France
31 October	Katsushika Hokusai / Artist / Japan

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1760:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
03 January	Veerapandiya Kattabomman / Ruler / India