Historical Events In 1760

Jan 08   On this day in history comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1760 princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg   

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

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

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

Mar 28   Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation) in the year 1760.   

Apr 10   Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64   

Apr 12   In the year 1760 juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

Apr 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1760 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Candido Jose Ruano, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 19   In the year 1760 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   François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794) was born in the year 1760.   

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

Apr 12   In the year 1760 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64   

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

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

May 10   Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.