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   On this day in history afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat  

Jan 10   Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer in the year 1760.  

Jan 18   Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1760.  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1760 battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French  

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

Jan 30   On this day in history franz Xaver Partsch, composer  

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   On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer  

Feb 14   Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 15   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer in the year 1760.  

Feb 16   In the year 1760 native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC  

Mar 02   In the year 1760 camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader  

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

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

Mar 14   In the year 1760 anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26  

Mar 20   On this day in history great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings  

Mar 27   Ishmail Spicer, composer in the year 1760.  

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

Apr 10   Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 in the year 1760.  

Apr 12   Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer on this day in history.  

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

May 09   Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

May 10   Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) on this day in history.  

May 10   In the year 1760 johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77  

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   Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians in the year 1760.  

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

Jun 10   On this day in history nY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine  

Jun 10   In the year 1760 nY passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history birth of jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer  

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

Feb 15   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer was born in the year 1760.  

Mar 01   In the year 1760 birth of françois Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)  

Jan 18   Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1760.  

Feb 14   In the year 1760 francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69  

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

Apr 10   Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 in the year 1760.  

Apr 12   Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

May 09   In the year 1760 nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59  

May 10   In the year 1760 johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77