What happened in 1760?
83 recorded events in 1760, including 28 in people, 22 in wars & conflicts and 12 in architecture & engineering. A further 2 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 22
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Battle of Torgau
Battle of "Seven Years War"
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Battle of Landeshut
1760 battle
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Battle of Liegnitz
1760 Prussian victory over Austrian army in the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Wandiwash
1760 battle in India during the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Warburg
1760 battle
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Battle of Sainte-Foy
1760 battle between French & British near Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada
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Battle of Kloster Kampen
1760 battle
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Battle of Emsdorf
1760 battle during the Seven Years' War
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Raid on Berlin
1760 battle during the Seven Years' War
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Siege of Dresden
1760 siege
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Battle of Corbach
Battle on 10 July 1760 during the Seven Years' War
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Battle of the Thousand Islands
1760 operation against Montreal's outer defences in the French and Indian War
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Siege of Pondicherry
1760 siege of the Seven Years’ War
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Battle of Carrickfergus
1760 battle
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Siege of Glatz
1760 battle
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Battle of Pasewalk
1760 battle
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Battle of Oschatz
1760 conflict
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Siege of Fort Loudoun
1760 conflict in Tennessee
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Battle of the Windward Passage
1760 naval battle of the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Neustadt (1760)
18th century battle between Prussia and Austria
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Siege of Quebec
1760 part of the Seven Years War
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Battle of Sikandarabad
1760 battle
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People 28
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Louis Godin died
French astronomer
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John Colson died
Mathematician
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Jean Moreau de Séchelles died
French politician (1690-1760)
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Giovanni Antonio Medrano died
Italian architect
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August Nathanael Grischow died
German mathematician born in 1726 in Berlin
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Charles Hayes died
British mathematician (1678–1760)
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Reinhold Angerstein died
Swedish metallurgist/civil servant/entrepreneur
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Balanos Vasilopoulos died
Greek priest and educator, mathematician
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Abbas Wasim Efendi died
Astronomer and poet (1689-1760)
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Johann Theodor Eller died
German chemist and physician
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Friederike Caroline Neuber died
German actor, theatre manager, and co-founder of regular German drama (1697–1760)
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Peg Woffington died
Irish actress (1720-1760)
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Jean-Baptiste Sauvé de La Noue died
French actor
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Charlotte Charke died
British actor and writer
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Marie Baptiste died
French opera singer
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Annibale Pio Fabri died
Italian opera singer (1696-1760)
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Lavinia Fenton died
British actress
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Anna Maria Lawatsch died
Moravian hymnographer, diarist, and choir leader 1712 - 1759
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Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon born
Born in Paris. French early socialist theorist (1760-1825).
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Rouget de Lisle born
Born in Lons-le-Saunier. French army officer (1760-1836).
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François-Noël Babeuf born
Born in Saint-Quentin. French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797).
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Camille Desmoulins born
Born in Guise. French journalist, politician and revolutionary (1760-1794).
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Akbar Shah II born
Born in Mukundpur. 17th Mughal Emperor from 1806 to 1837.
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín born
Born in Madrid. Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (1760-1828).
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Johann Peter Hebel born
Born in Q29683336. German short story writer and dialectal poet (1760–1826).
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Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein born
Born in Vienna. Austrian marshal (1760-1836).
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Alexandre de Beauharnais born
Born in Fort-de-France. French general; president of the National Constituent Assembly in 1791 (1760–1794).
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August Neidhardt von Gneisenau born
Born in Gneisenaustraße 2 Schildau. Prussian field marshal (1760-1831).
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Science & Technology 1
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Frederick's University of Bützow
Former university in Germany
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Religion & Belief Systems 6
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Saint George's Cathedral
Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Lviv
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Duomo of Latisana
Church building in Latisana, Italy
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St. Martin
Church building in Walchstadt, Wörthsee, Germany
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St. Dominikus
Filial church in Niederhausen, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Germany
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St. Leonhard
Filial church in Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Germany
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Beata Vergine della Maestà Sanctuary
Church in Predappio, Italy
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Economy & Trade 9
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Lloyd's Register
Company
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Hamleys
British toy store
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Berger Paints
Indian paint company
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Tumba Bruk
The printing company responsible for manufacturing of the Swedish krona banknotes, located in Tumba
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Colnaghi
Art gallery in New Bond Street, London
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Lorillard Tobacco Company
American manufacturer of tobacco products; historically issued trading cards
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Lombart Chocolate
French chocolate manufacturer
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Arthur Mulliner
British coachbuilding business
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Shand Mason
British manufacturer of steam-powered fire engines
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Architecture & Engineering 12
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Jesuit Church
Church in Mannheim, Germany
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La Maddalena
Church building in Venice, Italy
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Igreja da Memória
Church building in Ajuda, Lisbon District, Portugal
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Palace of Charles of Lorraine
Palace in Brussels, Belgium
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pino
Cultural property in Teror, Spain
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Kiiminki Church
Church building in Oulu, Finland
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Crkva Uspenja Bogorodice
Church building in Irig, Serbia
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Østre Porsgrunn Church
Church building in Norway, destroyed by fire 2011
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George's Chapel, Exeter
Grade I listed church in Exeter, Devon, England, UK
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San Rufo, Rieti
Church building in Rieti, Italy
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San José de Gracia Church
Historic church building in Las Trampas, New Mexico, United States
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Christ Church
National Historic Landmark
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Theatre Royal, Cork
Former theatre in Cork, Ireland
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Empires & Countries 4
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Kingdom of Mutapa dissolved
Kingdom of Mutapa ceased to exist.
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Hesse-Hanau founded
Hesse-Hanau was founded, with its capital at Hanau.
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Bantva Manavadar State founded
Bantva Manavadar State was founded.
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Samthar State founded
Samthar State was founded, with its capital at Samthar State.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 2 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1760 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1760.
18th century 1
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Bhairabi Temple
Hindu temple in Nuwakot district, Nepal
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1760s 1
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New Palace
Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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