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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_9/06hhKL3W">January 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Barari_Ghat/5jsxnr8g">Battle of Barari Ghat</a>: <a href="/facts/Durrani_Empire/JATE9KWV">Afghan forces</a> defeat the <a href="/facts/Maratha_Confederacy/lwSD5RGx">Marathas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_22/bFz2ke95">January 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Wandiwash/EuoEdXTc">Battle of Wandiwash</a>, <a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a>: British general <a href="/facts/Sir_Eyre_Coote%2c_KB/JYNfJHJb">Sir Eyre Coote</a> is victorious over the <a href="/facts/France_in_the_Seven_Years%2527_War/2tJSrXPK">French</a> under the <a href="/facts/Marquis_de_Bussy-Castelnau/G3vUs4Jr">Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_28/uuAQcD5G">January 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Benning_Wentworth/Qj4utRWm">Benning Wentworth</a> creates the New Hampshire Grant of <a href="/facts/Pownal%2c_Vermont/0fWxnVTk">Pownal, Vermont</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_15/355a45P4">February 15</a> – The British <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> ship <a href="/facts/HMS_Royal_Katherine_(1664)/CgaYhxYX">HMS <i>Royal Katherine</i></a> runs aground off <a href="/facts/Bolt_Head/yY7xCQ1V">Bolt Head</a> in <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, with the loss of 699 lives.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_21/RsJKSKWh">February 21</a>–<a href="/facts/February_26/GGkCTbls">26</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Carrickfergus_(1760)/deDSt9ud">Battle of Carrickfergus</a> in the north of <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a> – A force of French troops, under the command of <a href="/facts/Privateer/PfeEkF2p">privateer</a> <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Thurot/TEVhPwCj">François Thurot</a>, captures and holds the town and castle of <a href="/facts/Carrickfergus/JaNxD9IW">Carrickfergus</a> before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval action in the <a href="/facts/Irish_Sea/m2SqNwvx">Irish Sea</a>, on <a href="/facts/February_28/qoYyDYpU">February 28</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_27/FlkwRkJG">February 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/French_and_Indian_War/K44TukVy">French and Indian War</a> & <a href="/facts/Anglo-Cherokee_War/aWuUSsMI">Anglo-Cherokee War</a> – <a href="/facts/Cherokee/M43yAzsu">Cherokee</a> natives attack a <a href="/facts/Royal_Colony_of_North_Carolina/HHd4oPw3">North Carolina</a> militia stationed at <a href="/facts/Fort_Dobbs_(North_Carolina)/TTvzJMPV">Fort Dobbs</a>, in the western part of the province. The attack is repelled by the militia, under the command of <a href="/facts/Hugh_Waddell_(general)/Guxh0bfe">General Hugh Waddell</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> – The <a href="/facts/Great_Boston_Fire_of_1760/tE1gXQUG">Great Fire</a> of <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">Massachusetts</a>, destroys 349 buildings and marks the biggest conflagration in the American colonies up to this time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_3/qXsPDWwH">April 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain/5yBEtQIt">Great Britain</a> and <a href="/facts/Prussia/fs1wEGrk">Prussia</a> agree to begin peace negotiations to end the <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_7/RqhK5GY4">April 7</a> – '<a href="/facts/Tacky%2527s_War/0DRbVxev">Tacky's War</a>', a <a href="/facts/Slave_rebellion/bWSQ5AG0">slave rebellion</a>, begins in <a href="/facts/Colony_of_Jamaica/cMxtvyD8">Jamaica</a> and lasts for 18 months. During the uprising, 60 white residents are killed and more than 400 black rebels die in the suppression of the revolt. Another 500 are deported to British Honduras.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_10/AuHxexMb">April 10</a> – <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>'s Minister of the Navy <a href="/facts/Nicolas_Ren%25C3%25A9_Berryer/qQTgh6mK">Nicolas René Berryer</a> finally receives permission to send ships to assist French forces at Quebec, and a fleet of six ships under the command of Captain François Chenard de la Giraudais of the <a href="/facts/French_frigate_Machault_(1757)/tpY7hyy5">French frigate <i>Machault</i></a> departs <a href="/facts/Bordeaux/k0yG4a8e">Bordeaux</a>, albeit too late to prevent the loss of New France to the British.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_11/BEmEY0CG">April 11</a> – The Burmese Army, under the command of King <a href="/facts/Alaungpaya/6Gvw2xoD">Alaungpaya</a>, reaches the outskirts of <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Siam</a>'s capital, <a href="/facts/Ayutthaya_(city)/znmGeX19">Ayutthaya</a>, but then retreats rather than laying siege to the city.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_12/KAqu5oxB">April 12</a> – Two of six French ships run into a British blockade led by Britain's Admiral <a href="/facts/Edward_Boscawen/J56TA2M2">Edward Boscawen</a>. Of the remaining four, one sinks before it can reach North America.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_20/1BBXYqb0">April 20</a> – France's Marshal <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Gaston_de_L%25C3%25A9vis/VYa7fNKD">François Gaston de Lévis</a> departs from <a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a> up the <a href="/facts/St._Lawrence_River/5DvCUBp4">St. Lawrence River</a> with 7,000 troops on a plan to retake <a href="/facts/Quebec_City/l8pftRQK">Quebec City</a> from the British.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_22/pWjeSjSg">April 22</a> – Belgian entertainer Joseph Mervin is said to have given the first demonstration of <a href="/facts/Roller_skates/S743dw6X">roller skates</a>, in a performance at the Carlisle House in London, but the stunt ends in disaster.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_26/ydYjk2W6">April 26</a> – Marshal Lévis and his troops land at <a href="/facts/Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures/JdAmcMQP">Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures</a>, adjacent to <a href="/facts/Quebec_City/l8pftRQK">Quebec City</a>, and prepares to lay siege to the British occupying force.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_27/utqE8bxC">April 27</a> – British Army Brigadier General <a href="/facts/James_Murray_(British_Army_officer%2c_born_1721)/dA8fqKEh">James Murray</a> marches a force of 3,500 men toward Saint-Augustin to confront Marshal Lévis and the French Army.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_28/G2lJILA2">April 28</a> – British defenders and the French Army clash at the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Sainte-Foy/sPzBYgRM">Battle of Sainte-Foy</a> to determine the future control of <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>. General Murray is forced to retreat after the British suffer 259 deaths and 845 wounded, while the French under Marshal Lévis suffer 193 deaths and 640 wounded.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_29/kjYao5pS">April 29</a> – Representatives of the remaining Penobscot Indian tribes in Maine and New Brunswick make peace with the British at <a href="/facts/Fort_Point%2c_Newfoundland_and_Labrador/Dn9rrdIS">Fort Pownal</a> in Newfoundland.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_30/lGmwclAH">April 30</a> – Swiss mathematician <a href="/facts/Daniel_Bernoulli/NRs5Ne5r">Daniel Bernoulli</a> presents a paper at the <a href="/facts/French_Academy_of_Sciences/zF42DYQv">French Academy of Sciences</a> in <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a> in which "a mathematical model was used for the first time to study the population dynamics of infectious disease."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_11/z19Kbh13">May 11</a> – King Alaungpaya of Burma dies during a retreat from Ayutthaya after stopping at the village of Kinywa while en route to <a href="/facts/Martaban/FBUnJhBa">Martaban</a>. His son <a href="/facts/Naungdawgyi/ebwJ4w9h">Naungdawgyi</a> becomes the new <a href="/facts/King_of_Burma/Bb0MPPvm">King of Burma</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_16/GjA7NgnX">May 16</a> – Three British Royal Navy ships under the command of Commodore <a href="/facts/Robert_Swanton/uV37WJY3">Robert Swanton</a> on <a href="/facts/HMS_Vanguard_(1748)/X7cfHK0s">HMS <i>Vanguard</i></a> arrive to break the <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Quebec_(1760)/Ptvnet86">siege of Quebec</a> before Marshal Lévis can recapture the city from the British.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_17/G6EBDqfj">May 17</a> – Captain Giraudais's French fleet reaches the <a href="/facts/Gasp%25C3%25A9_Peninsula/T0NuDrDj">Gaspé Peninsula</a> of northeast Quebec and captures seven British merchant ships, but Giraudais learns that the British have already preceded him up the St. Lawrence River and diverts to <a href="/facts/Chaleur_Bay_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador)/fBnELnA4">Chaleur Bay</a> at <a href="/facts/Newfoundland/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_4/PfrgETqB">June 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians/YVAj6VUF">Expulsion of the Acadians</a>: <a href="/facts/New_England/ufw2BmSl">New England</a> planters arrive to claim land in <a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a> taken from the <a href="/facts/Acadians/2lWj42q4">Acadians</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_11/8w4EmInf">June 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Rogers_(soldier)/DTIHDRjP">Robert Rogers</a> and his <a href="/facts/Rogers%2527_Rangers/ND7ga4q9">Rangers</a> launch a strike from <a href="/facts/Lake_Champlain/KpoWUa40">Lake Champlain</a> against French military posts along the <a href="/facts/Richelieu_River/BTpPbQmk">Richelieu River</a> – they <a href="/facts/Sainte-Th%25C3%25A9r%25C3%25A8se_Raid/51MNXb8c">strike</a> at <a href="/facts/Fort_Sainte_Th%25C3%25A9r%25C3%25A8se/8ucpzb7b">Fort Sainte Thérèse</a> and destroy the settlement.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_19/ogpFvf7S">June 19</a> – The British create <a href="/facts/Cumberland_County%2c_Maine/pBJGbSwp">Cumberland County</a> and <a href="/facts/Lincoln_County%2c_Maine/dI6HwzSU">Lincoln County</a> in <a href="/facts/Maine/7ww4UY8B">Maine</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_22/uHcEq5la">June 22</a> – Britain's Captain <a href="/facts/John_Byron/hgSS9WnE">John Byron</a>, commanding HMS <i>Fame</i>, locates France's Captain Giraudais but runs aground on June 25 before it can attack.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> – A <a href="/facts/Lightning_strike/YFXlRMKp">lightning strike</a> causes a major fire at <a href="/facts/HMNB_Portsmouth/E4Gbnop3">Portsmouth Royal Dockyard</a> in <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_8/tqgp1Lpy">July 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/French_and_Indian_War/K44TukVy">French and Indian War</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Restigouche/bBJboWnP">Battle of Restigouche</a>: The British defeat French forces, in the last naval battle in <a href="/facts/New_France/zDK9hedl">New France</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_19/I0r0n2mL">July 19</a> – A formal request is made to the Spanish government, to allow the founding of the later city of <a href="/facts/Mayag%25C3%25BCez%2c_Puerto_Rico/ELKGzuDA">Mayagüez, Puerto Rico</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_31/XlP9dbAo">July 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Warburg/JTeSDj5w">Battle of Warburg</a> – The Anglo-Hanoverian army of <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_of_Brunswick/LYJsPaG8">Ferdinand of Brunswick</a> storms <a href="/facts/Warburg/zoPUI2dp">Warburg</a>, with a heroic role being played by the English commander <a href="/facts/John_Manners%2c_Marquess_of_Granby/TsNKkPKK">Lord Granby</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_21/o8jQvlp0">August 21</a> – The church (later <a href="/facts/Cathedral/qFuYNxuh">cathedral</a>) of Our Lady of <a href="/facts/Candlemas/JhdGYrPx">Candlemas</a> of <a href="/facts/Mayag%25C3%25BCez%2c_Puerto_Rico/ELKGzuDA">Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)</a> is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city in the following month.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_30/MwxqAhmK">August 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Liegnitz_(1760)/F850MAry">Battle of Legnica</a> – By a series of brilliant maneuvers, <a href="/facts/Frederick_the_Great/Bv1At4Hy">Frederick the Great</a> manages to defeat the Austrian army of Marshal <a href="/facts/Ernst_Gideon_von_Laudon/oFkluMn9">Laudon</a> before it can unite with that of Marshal Daun.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_8/vJWAPBPB">September 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/Jeffery_Amherst%2c_1st_Baron_Amherst/ckpLKx8m">Jeffery Amherst</a> and his British troops <a href="/facts/Montreal_Campaign/o2lqVU7H">capture Montreal</a> from the French, effectively bringing <a href="/facts/Canada/D5P9yqs6">Canada</a> completely under British control.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_18/4BxhKt1x">September 18</a> – The town (later city) of <a href="/facts/Mayag%25C3%25BCez%2c_Puerto_Rico/ELKGzuDA">Mayagüez, Puerto Rico</a>, is founded.</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_5/NRyybbNE">October 5</a> – The wedding of <a href="/facts/Princess_Isabella_of_Parma/g4nbdIGm">Princess Isabella of Parma</a> and <a href="/facts/Joseph_II%2c_Holy_Roman_Emperor/cvj6srA1">Prince Joseph of Austria</a> takes place at <a href="/facts/Hofburg_Palace/5r0kCg2V">Hofburg Palace</a>'s Redoute Hall (Redoutensaele), at the former imperial palace in Vienna.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_9/HbzR2evC">October 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian</a> troops enter <a href="/facts/Berlin/pMTIRNXK">Berlin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_16/p5T0pKk1">October 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Kloster_Kampen/aub2ekgf">Battle of Kloster-Kamp</a> – Ferdinand of Brunswick is beaten back from the <a href="/facts/Rhine/MgJ88oaz">Rhine</a> by a French army.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_25/sRbwCcIf">October 25</a> – <a href="/facts/George_II_of_Great_Britain/zQJ6F5eF">George II of Great Britain</a> and Ireland dies; his 22-year-old grandson George, Prince of Wales, succeeds to the throne as <a href="/facts/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom/1RGERms7">King George III</a> and reigns for 59 years until his death on January 29, <a href="/facts/1820/r9SR83gv">1820</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_3/dfF9YPTm">November 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Torgau/v1fjm1Ns">Battle of Torgau</a> – In another extremely hard battle, Frederick defeats Daun's Austrians, who withdraw across the <a href="/facts/Elbe_river/nCfafNDq">Elbe</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_29/2gfLq1Iv">November 29</a> – French Army Colonel <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois-Marie_Picot%25C3%25A9_de_Belestre/9s1Mo61b">François-Marie Picoté de Belestre</a> formally surrenders <a href="/facts/Detroit/wMe6MCub">Detroit</a> to British Army Major <a href="/facts/Robert_Rogers_(British_Army_officer)/DTIHDRjP">Robert Rogers</a>, and the British Union Jack is raised over Fort Detroit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_4/VG2J0cjd">December 4</a> – For the first time since the surrender of <a href="/facts/Fort_Detroit/h9IdGk9J">Fort Detroit</a> by France, British authorities meet nearby at a Native American council house with delegates from various Indian tribes that had fought as allies of the French Army, such as the Wyandot and Ottawa Indians, and with tribes that had formerly been allies of the British. The European and Native American representatives open the peace conference with the presentation by the Indians to the British of a <a href="/facts/Wampum_belt/CUMmT6Tp">wampum belt</a>, and the pronouncement from the principal chief that "The ancient friendship is now renewed, and I wash the blood off the earth that had been shed during the present war, that you may <a href="/facts/Burying_the_hatchet/w6mA77y1">bury the war hatchet</a> in the bottomless pit."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_6/QWKuQS0n">December 6</a> – The siege of <a href="/facts/Puducherry_(city)/kRl7qwb0">Pondicherry</a>, a stronghold of France in India, is begun by British Army Lieutenant General <a href="/facts/Eyre_Coote_(East_India_Company_officer)/JYNfJHJb">Eyre Coote</a>. The French commander, General <a href="/facts/Thomas_Arthur%2c_comte_de_Lally/MXD3gRpC">Thomas Lally</a>, is finally forced to surrender Pondicherry to the British on January 15, 1761.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_18/54N9zaoh">December 18</a> – In the wake of <a href="/facts/Tacky%2527s_War/0DRbVxev">Tacky's War</a> by African-born rebels, the Assembly of the British colony of <a href="/facts/Jamaica/jeDulmwE">Jamaica</a> outlaws the African religious practice of <i><a href="/facts/Obeah/HsfCrajN">obeah</a></i>, with penalties ranging from banishment from the colony to execution. The legislation specifically bans use of contraband associated with <i>obeah</i>, including "animal blood, feathers, parrots' beaks, dogs' teeth, alligators' teeth, broken bottles, grave dirt, rum, and eggshells".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li>Abbé <a href="/facts/Charles-Michel_de_l%2527%25C3%2589p%25C3%25A9e/nyeYPU00">Charles-Michel de l'Épée</a> opens a school for <a href="/facts/Deaf_education/YX5XDHlp">deaf education</a> in Paris which becomes the <a href="/facts/Institut_National_de_Jeunes_Sourds_de_Paris/mmqYk5Cv">Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris</a>, the world's first free school for the deaf; <a href="/facts/Thomas_Braidwood/Rkv63aUC">Thomas Braidwood</a> establishes Braidwood's Academy for the Deaf and Dumb in <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, the first school for the deaf in Britain.</li> <li>Western countries pay 3,000,000 ounces of silver for Chinese goods.</li> <li><i>approximate date</i> – <a href="/facts/Abu_Dhabi/0fXh0jQ2">Abu Dhabi</a> is founded.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Zofia_Potocka/XHKv1QwC">Zofia Potocka</a>, Greek slave courtesan, agent for Russia and Polish noble (d. <a href="/facts/1822/zW0hg5wI">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Nicolas_Leonard_Buzot/5y4D3aC9">François Nicolas Leonard Buzot</a>, French Revolutionary leader (suicide <a href="/facts/1794/9u6HxdjY">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_10/pcuzvzSX">March 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Leandro_Fern%25C3%25A1ndez_de_Morat%25C3%25ADn/jIuCvTk2">Leandro Fernández de Moratín</a>, Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (d. <a href="/facts/1828/dgLDhnSW">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_28/4dtge7PT">March 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Clarkson/cjpxaBva">Thomas Clarkson</a>, English abolitionist (d. <a href="/facts/1846/rc9r8XTf">1846</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_16/2EvLEGQn">April 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Sigismund_Friedrich_Hermbst%25C3%25A4dt/hKq5XY6X">Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt</a>, German pharmacist, chemist (d. <a href="/facts/1833/XJtFnCyC">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_30/lGmwclAH">April 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Souham/Ac8kyfJq">Joseph Souham</a>, French general (d. <a href="/facts/1837/IfxtxA4W">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_10/BkQqYRkX">May 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Peter_Hebel/UV7Ugwtn">Johann Peter Hebel</a>, German poet (d. <a href="/facts/1826/F7wxUTRB">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_28/6vlFjVgA">May 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Alexandre%2c_Vicomte_de_Beauharnais/f0xDcH1d">Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais</a>, French politician, general (d. <a href="/facts/1794/9u6HxdjY">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_29/aEkfT7p6">May 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Charlotte_Slottsberg/KyKlWEPh">Charlotte Slottsberg</a>, Swedish ballerina (d. <a href="/facts/1800/G5Il6fwc">1800</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_12/TA9W2nuf">June 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_Louvet_de_Couvrai/cIWkzImI">Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai</a>, French novelist, playwright, journalist, politician and diplomat (d. <a href="/facts/1797/r24arvYo">1797</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_16/WtGcu88a">June 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Louise_Contat/zHKdUv1z">Louise Contat</a>, French actress (d. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Istv%25C3%25A1n_Pauli/Wvnej3JM">István Pauli</a> (Pável), <a href="/facts/Hungarian_Slovenes/eHSHbHWS">Hungarian Slovene</a> priest, writer (d. <a href="/facts/1829/G469b3pe">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_3/9AcKoe0e">August 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacques_R%25C3%25A9attu/tU085Tm6">Jacques Réattu</a>, French artist 9d. (<a href="/facts/1833/XJtFnCyC">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_22/h6zS4KCm">August 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Pope_Leo_XII/1JoL8fsU">Pope Leo XII</a>, (b. Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga), Italian priest (d. <a href="/facts/1829/G469b3pe">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_14/12T7sEP3">September 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Luigi_Cherubini/WM0nWkWG">Luigi Cherubini</a>, Italian composer (d. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Olof_Swartz/R32AJlcb">Olof Swartz</a>, Swedish botanist (d. <a href="/facts/1818/8YwUybJm">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_30/ESdoV1cW">September 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Michele_Cachia/9qYFGgBR">Michele Cachia</a>, Maltese architect and military engineer (d. <a href="/facts/1839/D4oVgcgX">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_7/mqqBnwWR">October 7</a> <i>(bapt.)</i> – <a href="/facts/Fredrica_L%25C3%25B6f/5pnJABKf">Fredrica Löf</a>, Swedish actress (d. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_17/WCRlMQyF">October 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Claude_Henri_de_Rouvroy%2c_comte_de_Saint-Simon/zoEzkx9x">Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon</a>, French economist, political theorist (d. <a href="/facts/1825/1G8RPV5b">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_27/SD6UTgwY">October 27</a> – <a href="/facts/August_von_Gneisenau/CUyxSbNo">August von Gneisenau</a>, Prussian field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1831/24zmwew1">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_31/unFJnkkY">October 31</a>? – <a href="/facts/Hokusai/Twt9S9YW">Hokusai</a>, born Katsushika Tokitarō, Japanese <a href="/facts/Edo_period/BWxv9h57">Edo period</a> <a href="/facts/Artist/7kfrXB5P">artist</a>, <a href="/facts/Ukiyo-e/gejNflnB">ukiyo-e</a> painter and <a href="/facts/Printmaker/9maDzuae">printmaker</a> (died <a href="/facts/1849/hRfIfMEN">1849</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_13/brMnXpU8">November 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Jiaqing_Emperor/zVSozatw">Jiaqing Emperor</a> of China (d. <a href="/facts/1820/r9SR83gv">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_21/hQaN66tF">November 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Plumb_Martin/0rL1dVs5">Joseph Plumb Martin</a>, American Revolutionary soldier and narrative author (d. <a href="/facts/1850/hCD3XDg7">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_24/MYa9bfaS">November 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Fabian_Wrede_(1760%25E2%2580%25931824)/bAW7zn2p">Fabian Wrede</a>, Swedish <a href="/facts/Field_marshal/hVvcDL21">field marshal</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1824/S9leuJfU">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_28/S5bg5uEC">November 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Maria_Teresa_Poniatowska/dzoM4FMb">Maria Teresa Poniatowska</a>, Polish noblewoman (d. <a href="/facts/1834/zTS0oaSP">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_17/XUw2Jewn">December 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Deborah_Sampson/wCGVsvlQ">Deborah Sampson</a>, first American female soldier (d. <a href="/facts/1827/3VPfpxnF">1827</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adam_Gillies%2c_Lord_Gillies/EDyNRVx3">Adam Gillies, Lord Gillies</a>, Scottish judge (d. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Emma_Jane_Greenland/ebwnbkRz">Emma Jane Greenland</a>, English painter, writer, singer (d. <a href="/facts/1843/0RK8qmPF">1843</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clelia_Durazzo_Grimaldi/ERptMqlW">Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi</a>, Italian botanist (d. <a href="/facts/1830/d1TTztax">1830</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Moscho_Tzavela/ovK8SuV2">Moscho Tzavela</a>, Greek-Souliote heroine (d. <a href="/facts/1803/YrFcxtRR">1803</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><i>probable date</i> – <a href="/facts/Lemuel_Francis_Abbott/zm8uDp32">Lemuel Francis Abbott</a>, English portrait painter (d. <a href="/facts/1802/opxy9FNB">1802</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_22/hmqWo2Jy">February 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Anna_Magdalena_Bach/gGRbERcK">Anna Magdalena Bach</a>, accomplished German singer, second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (b. <a href="/facts/1701/Swdv6dql">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_3/qXsPDWwH">April 3</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Rous/cxxk3mxg">John Rous</a>, Royal Navy officer during King George's War and the Seven Years' War (b. <a href="/facts/1702/m7T9n3rG">1702</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Charlotte_Charke/uTdTS4Y3">Charlotte Charke</a>, British actor and writer (b. <a href="/facts/1713/IRGE8ade">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_10/AuHxexMb">April 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_Lebeuf/nC6h8nAB">Jean Lebeuf</a>, French historian (b. <a href="/facts/1687/6CgNqhws">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_11/BEmEY0CG">April 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Prince_Moritz_of_Anhalt-Dessau/T1ojvpES">Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau</a>, German general (b. <a href="/facts/1712/bHgSdlsX">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Mary_Alexander/GzdSS6Vf">Mary Alexander</a>, influential colonial-era merchant in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1693/pNGtgEBq">1693</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_5/HTARRyUr">May 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Laurence_Shirley%2c_4th_Earl_Ferrers/6fyyFt7f">Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers</a>, English murderer (hanged) (b. <a href="/facts/1720/LHfeClCC">1720</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_9/0sQWxsWS">May 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Nicolaus_Ludwig_Zinzendorf/pl0zbcuU">Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf</a>, German religious and social reformer (b. <a href="/facts/1700/qhWqEGhk">1700</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_10/BkQqYRkX">May 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Christoph_Graupner/MoqByU3B">Christoph Graupner</a>, German composer (b. <a href="/facts/1683/A7pk0mhs">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_15/rRHwCQV6">May 15</a> – King <a href="/facts/Alaungpaya/6Gvw2xoD">Alaungpaya</a> of Burma (b. <a href="/facts/1711/zsN9jKm5">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_22/Skm5fcCt">May 22</a> – Israel ben Eliezer aka <a href="/facts/Baal_Shem_Tov/2ouAuJBA">Baal Shem Tov</a>, Polish-born mystical rabbi, founder of <a href="/facts/Hasidic_Judaism/BP765ncB">Hasidic Judaism</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1698/prjYHddQ">1698</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Joanna_Elisabeth_of_Holstein-Gottorp/3ULrIwp4">Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp</a>, German duchess (b. <a href="/facts/1712/bHgSdlsX">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_13/1nU0k9gb">June 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Antoine_Court_(Huguenot)/cFFVhWY3">Antoine Court</a>, French Huguenot minister (b. <a href="/facts/1696/oENBhrbq">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Conrad_Weiser/6pfdNKt1">Conrad Weiser</a>, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the <a href="/facts/Iroquois_Confederacy/PnYFTuIP">Iroquois Confederacy</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1696/oENBhrbq">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_27/WqlFNjvl">August 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Smart_Lethieullier/MXjICrl8">Smart Lethieullier</a>, English antiquary (b. <a href="/facts/1701/Swdv6dql">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_11/EpcDsrjn">September 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_Godin/SmGym0QD">Louis Godin</a>, French astronomer (b. <a href="/facts/1704/V0v8tg47">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_17/1rhf5uML">September 17</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Bowes_(MP_for_County_Durham)/mBotIErn">George Bowes</a>, English coal proprietor, Member of Parliament (b. <a href="/facts/1701/Swdv6dql">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Nicolas_d%2527Assas/vhV3LDeB">Nicolas d'Assas</a>, captain of the French regiment of <a href="/facts/Auvergne_(province)/xDoL5PSt">Auvergne</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1733/a5qItTj5">1733</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_25/sRbwCcIf">October 25</a> – King <a href="/facts/George_II_of_Great_Britain/zQJ6F5eF">George II of Great Britain</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1683/A7pk0mhs">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_30/bxhWS29d">November 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Friederike_Caroline_Neuber/E6gwnK8R">Friederike Caroline Neuber</a>, German actress (b. <a href="/facts/1697/HEcMbPY8">1697</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Williams, Hywel (2005). 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