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   In the year 1760 johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer  

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

Jan 19   In the year 1760 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 in the year 1760.  

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

Feb 09   In the year 1760 in Louisbourg Nova Scotia, Captain John Byron 1723-1786 starts tearing down the fortifications of Louisbourg on orders from British PM William Pitt  

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 in the year 1760.  

Feb 15   In the year 1760 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   Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg on this day in history.  

Mar 05   Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg in the year 1760.  

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

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

Mar 27   Ishmail Spicer, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 28   On this day in history thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 16   On this day in history laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward  

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

May 10   On this day in history claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)  

May 10   In the year 1760 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 in the year 1760.  

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

Jun 05   Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1760.  

Jun 14   On this day in history candido Jose Ruano, composer  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Franz Xaver Partsch, composer was born in the year 1760.  

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 in the year 1760.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 10   On this day in history 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.