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   In the year 1760 afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat  

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

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1760 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 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   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   Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 27   On this day in history ishmail Spicer, composer  

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 in the year 1760.  

Apr 12   In the year 1760 juan Manuel Olivares, composer  

Apr 16   In the year 1760 laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward  

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

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   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 in the year 1760.  

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

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 in the year 1760.  

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

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Jan 03   In the year 1760 birth of john Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)  

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

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

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

Feb 12   Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer was born in the year 1760.  

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

Jan 18   On this day in history claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62  

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

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

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   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