Historical Events In 1760

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

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

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

Jan 18   Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1760 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   Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer in the year 1760.  

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

Feb 14   On this day in history richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church  

Feb 15   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer on this day in history.  

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   Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg in the year 1760.  

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

Mar 14   Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26 in the year 1760.  

Mar 20   In the year 1760 great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings  

Mar 27   Ishmail Spicer, composer in the year 1760.  

Mar 28   Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation) on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 12   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer in the year 1760.  

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 on this day in history.  

May 10   Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) in the year 1760.  

May 10   On this day in history johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 04   In the year 1760 great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.  

Jun 05   In the year 1760 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium)  

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

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

Jun 14   Candido Jose Ruano, composer in the year 1760.  

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Jan 03   John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Partsch, composer  

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer  

Feb 14   On this day in history birth of richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church  

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

Mar 01   François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 14   Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26 in the year 1760.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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