1761

Millennium:	2nd millennium
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:
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Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
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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).

Events of 1761

January 14 - Third Battle of Panipat: The Marathas are defeated by the Afghans.
January 16 - The 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 occurs, and is 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 Kolberg.

In Dutch Guyana, a "state" formed by escaped slaves signs a treaty with the local governor.
Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory opens.
The tune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is published in France.
Faber-Castell Company was founded by Kasper Faber in Nuremburg, Germany.

January 4 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (b. 1677)
January 10 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
February 1 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
April 9 - William Law, English minister (b. 1686)
April 15 - Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)
April 17 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (b. c. 1702)
May 14 - Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (b. 1710)
June 2 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
July 4 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
July 9 - Carl Gotthelf Gerlach, German organist (b. 1704)
July 13 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
August 3 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
September 8 - Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
November 30 - John Dollond, English optician (b. 1706)
December 23 - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy (b. c. 1725)

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