Historical Events In 1760

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

Jan 09   Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat in the year 1760.  

Jan 10   Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 18   In the year 1760 claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62  

Jan 19   On this day in history melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer  

Jan 22   Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French in the year 1760.  

Jan 28   Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Franz Xaver Partsch, composer on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 1760 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer  

Feb 14   Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1760.  

Feb 14   Richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church on this day in history.  

Feb 15   On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer  

Feb 16   Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC on this day in history.  

Mar 02   On this day in history camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader  

Mar 05   In the year 1760 princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg  

Mar 05   Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg on this day in history.  

Mar 14   On this day in history anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26  

Mar 20   Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings on this day in history.  

Mar 27   In the year 1760 ishmail Spicer, composer  

Mar 28   Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation) in the year 1760.  

Apr 10   On this day in history gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75  

Apr 12   In the year 1760 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

Apr 12   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer  

Apr 16   Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward in the year 1760.  

May 09   Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 in the year 1760.  

May 10   In the year 1760 claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)  

May 10   Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1760.  

May 14   In the year 1760 french fleet arrives in the St. Lawrence from France, but retreats to the Bay of Chaleur when it learns of the fall of Quebec.  

Jun 04   On this day in history great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.  

Jun 05   Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium) in the year 1760.  

Jun 10   NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine on this day in history.  

Jun 10   NY passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Candido Jose Ruano, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 03   John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835) was born in the year 1760.  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer  

Jan 19   Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born in the year 1760.  

Jan 30   Franz Xaver Partsch, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 1760 birth of jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer  

Feb 14   In the year 1760 birth of richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church  

Feb 15   In the year 1760 birth of jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer  

Mar 01   On this day in history birth of françois Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)  

Jan 18   In the year 1760 claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 14   On this day in history francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69  

Mar 14   Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Apr 10   In the year 1760 gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75  

Apr 12   On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

Apr 16   Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward died on this day in history.  

May 09   Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 in the year 1760.  

May 10   Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.