Historical Events In 1760

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

Jan 09   Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat   

Jan 10   Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer   

Jan 18   Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62.   

Jan 19   Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer.   

Jan 22   Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French.   

Jan 28   Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants   

Jan 30   Franz Xaver Partsch, composer.   

Feb 09   In this year, 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   Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer.   

Feb 14   Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69.   

Feb 14   Richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church   

Feb 15   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer.   

Feb 16   Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC   

Mar 02   Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader   

Mar 05   Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg.   

Mar 05   Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg.   

Mar 14   Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26.   

Mar 20   Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings   

Mar 27   Ishmail Spicer, composer.   

Mar 28   Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)   

Apr 10   Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75   

Apr 12   Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64   

Apr 12   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

Apr 16   Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward   

May 09   Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59.   

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

May 10   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   

Jun 04   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).   

Jun 10   NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine   

Jun 10   NY passes inaugural effective law regulating practice of medicine   

Jun 14   Candido Jose Ruano, composer   

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Jan 03   John storm: American revolutionary soldier   

Jan 10   Johann rudolf zumsteeg: Composer   

Jan 19   Melchor lopez jimenez: Composer   

Jan 30   Franz xaver partsch: Composer   

Feb 12   Jan ladislav dussek: Bohemia, pianist/composer   

Feb 14   Richard allen: Phila, 1st black ordained by methodist-episcopal church   

Feb 15   Jean-francois le sueur: Composer   

Mar 01   François nicolas leonard buzot: French revolutionary    

Jan 18   Claudio casciolini: Composer,    

Feb 14   Francois collin de blamont: Composer,    

Mar 14   Anton filtz: Composer,   

Apr 10   Gerard george clifford: Head of east-indian company,    

Apr 12   Baron ernst gottlieb: Composer,    

Apr 16   Laurence: 4th earl ferrers, executed for murder of his steward   

May 09   Nikolaus ludwig und pottendorf: Austrian composer,   

May 10   Johann christoph graupner: Composer,