1761

Years: 1758 1759 1760 - 1761 - 1762 1763 1764
Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1761 in art 1761 in literature 1761 in music 1761 in science List of state leaders in 1761 List of religious leaders in 1761

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

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

May 3 - August von Kotzebue - German Dramatist.
November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu - French engraver of medals.
November 20 - Pope Pius VIII
December 1 - Marie Tussaud - French Waxwork modeller
Christian Hendrik Persoon - Mycologist.
Henry Shrapnel - British Army officer and inventor.

Deaths

Tokugawa Ieshige - Shogun.
April 4 - Theodore Gardelle - Swiss enameller
April 7 - Thomas Bayes - British mathematician and Presbyterian minister, noted for Bayes' theorem