Feb 10 The French and Indian War ends with signing of the Treaty of Paris. As part of the treaty, Canada is ceded to England by the French.

Feb 10 The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 ending the French and Indian War.

Feb 12 John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs

Feb 10 The Peace of Paris ceedes Canada to Britain

Feb 15 Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg

Nov 15 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland

Dec 02 Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)

May 16 Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London

Jul 22 Catherine II issued her second manifesto inviting foreigners to settle in Russia. It spelled out the conditions under which they could immigrate and granted special rights and privileges. Large numbers of German peasants accepted the invitation.

Jul 17 The birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire

Jun 23 The birth of Josephine de Beauharnais, Wife of Napoleon

Jun 04 Mackinaw Michigan, Chippewas captured Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.