List of 1760 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1760
Date | Event |
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January 9, 1760 | Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. |
March 20, 1760 | The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings. |
April 29, 1760 | French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British. |
May 17, 1760 | French forces besieging Quebec retreat after the Royal Navy arrives to relieve the British garrison. |
June 4, 1760 | Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians. |
June 16, 1760 | French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned. |
June 23, 1760 | Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia. |
June 27, 1760 | Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina. |
July 8, 1760 | British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France. |
August 15, 1760 | Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon. |
September 8, 1760 | French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France. |
October 9, 1760 | Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin. |
October 10, 1760 | In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname |
October 25, 1760 | King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II. |
November 15, 1760 | The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows. |
November 18, 1760 | The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners. |