May 14 French fleet arrives in the St. Lawrence from France, but retreats to the Bay of Chaleur when it learns of the fall of Quebec.

Jan 08 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth

Jan 09 Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat

Feb 09 In Louisbourg Nova Scotia, Captain John Byron 1723-1786 starts tearing down the fortifications of Louisbourg on orders from British PM William Pitt

Feb 16 Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC

Jun 23 Battle of Landshut, Silesia

Jun 10 NY passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine

Dec 25 Juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Thought"

Oct 21 The birth of Katsushka Hokusai, Japanese painter

Oct 25 George III succeeds his late grandfather, George II, to become King of the British Empire.

Mar 05 Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg

Mar 20 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings