1761
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1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
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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 Guayana 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.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 17 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832)
- February 1 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
- May 3 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
- November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver of medals (d. 1822)
- 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
- April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss enameller (b. 1722)
- April 7 - Thomas Bayes, British mathematician and minister
- July 4 - Samuel Richardson, British writer (b. 1689)
- Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)