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   Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 19   In the year 1760 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer   

Jan 22   Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French in the year 1760.   

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

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

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 in the year 1760.   

Feb 12   In the year 1760 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer   

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

Feb 14   On this day in history richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 20   On this day in history great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings   

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

Mar 28   In the year 1760 thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)   

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

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

Apr 12   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

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

May 09   On this day in history nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

May 10   Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) in the year 1760.   

May 10   Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1760.   

May 14   On this day in history 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   In the year 1760 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) on this day in history.   

Jun 10   NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine in the year 1760.   

Jun 10   On this day in history nY passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine   

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

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Jan 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1760.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history birth of françois Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)   

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   Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1760.   

Apr 16   Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward died in the year 1760.   

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

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