Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s
Years: 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 - 1766 - 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771
Events
- January 1 - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism.
- March 5 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- March 18 - American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
- The Burmese begin to invade the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya.
Births
- February 14 - Thomas Malthus, economist (+ 1834)
- April 22 - Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, author (+ 1817)
- August 6 William Hyde Wollaston was born. In 1802, he discovered a few inexplicable black lines when performing an experiment similar to those of Sir Isaac Newton. This research eventually led to the discovery of the elements in the Sun.
- September 6 - John Dalton, English chemist and physicist
Deaths
- January 1 - James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the thrones of Scotland as King James VIII and of England as King James III.
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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