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Centuries:	17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades:	1730s  1740s  1750s  - 1760s -  1770s  1780s  1790s
Years:	1758 1759 1760 - 1761 - 1762 1763 1764

1761 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Countries:                       Canada

Great Britain - Mexico

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1761 (MDCCLXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events of 1761 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 1.4 Ongoing events 2 Births 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown dates

• January 14 - Third Battle of Panipat was fought between Marathas and Afghans.

• January 16 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.

• February 8 - An earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar.

• March 8 - A second earthquake occurs in North London, Hampstead and Highgate.

• June 6 - A transit of Venus occurred, and was observed from 120 locations around the Earth.

• December 16 - Seven Years' War: After four months of siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.

• In Dutch Guyana, a "state" formed by escaped slaves signs a treaty with the local governor.

• Opening of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory.

• The tune to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is published in France.

• French and Indian War (1754–1763)
• Seven Years' War (1756–1763)

1761 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1761 MDCCLXI
Ab urbe condita	2514
Armenian calendar	1210 ԹՎ ՌՄԺ
Bahá'í calendar	-83 – -82
Buddhist calendar	2305
Chinese calendar	4397/4457-11-26 (庚辰年十一月廿六日) — to — 4398/4458-12-6 (辛巳年十二月初六日)
Ethiopian calendar	1753 – 1754
Hebrew calendar	5521 – 5522
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1816 – 1817
- Shaka Samvat	1683 – 1684
- Kali Yuga	4862 – 4863
Holocene calendar	11761
Iranian calendar	1139 – 1140
Islamic calendar	1174 – 1175
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 11 (宝暦11年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2421 (皇紀2421年)
- Jōmon Era	11761
Julian calendar	1806
Korean calendar	4094
Thai solar calendar	2304
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• January 17 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (died 1832)
• February 1 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (died 1836)
• February 16 - Charles Pichegru, French general (died 1804)
• March 6 - Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (died 1828)
• May 3 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (died 1819)

• October 27 - Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist (died 1823)
• November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver of medals (died 1822)
• November 13 - John Moore, British general (died 1809)
• November 20 - Pope Pius VIII (died 1850)
• December 1 - Marie Tussaud, French wax modeller (died 1850)

• Henry Shrapnel, British Army officer and inventor (died 1842)

See also Category: 1761 births.

• January 4 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (born 1677)
• January 10 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (born 1711)
• February 1 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (born 1682)
• April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (born 1722)
• April 9 - William Law, English minister (born 1686)
• April 15 - Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (born 1682)
• April 17 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (born c.1702)
• May 14 - Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (born 1710)
• June 2 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (born 1685)

• July 4 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (born 1689)
• July 13 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (born 1712)
• August 3 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (born 1691)
• September 8 - Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (born 1698)
• November 30 - John Dollond, English optician (born 1706)
• December 23 - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy (born c.1725)

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See also Category: 1761 deaths.