This article is about the year 1763.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
Decades: | 1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s |
Years: | 1760 1761 1762 – 1763 – 1764 1765 1766 |
1763 by topic: | |
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Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science | |
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Gregorian calendar | 1763 MDCCLXIII |
Ab urbe condita | 2516 |
Armenian calendar | 1212 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԲ |
Assyrian calendar | 6513 |
Bahá'í calendar | -81–-80 |
Bengali calendar | 1170 |
Berber calendar | 2713 |
British Regnal year | 3 Geo. 3 – 4 Geo. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 2307 |
Burmese calendar | 1125 |
Byzantine calendar | 7271–7272 |
Chinese calendar | 壬午年十一月十八日 (4399/4459-11-18) — to —
癸未年十一月廿七日(4400/4460-11-27) |
Coptic calendar | 1479–1480 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1755–1756 |
Hebrew calendar | 5523–5524 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1819–1820 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1685–1686 |
- Kali Yuga | 4864–4865 |
Holocene calendar | 11763 |
Iranian calendar | 1141–1142 |
Islamic calendar | 1176–1177 |
Japanese calendar | Hōreki 13 (宝暦13年) |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
Korean calendar | 4096 |
Minguo calendar | 149 before ROC 民前149年 |
Thai solar calendar | 2306 |
Year 1763 (MDCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
- February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County. The county is named for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married George III of the United Kingdom in 1761.
- February 10 – French and Indian War/Seven Years' War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.[1]
- February 15 – The Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies.
- February 23 – The Berbice Slave Uprising starts in the former Dutch colony of Berbice.
- March 1 – Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the British government.
- May 7 – Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
- June 2 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
- June 28 – A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, and in Zsámbék in Hungary.
July–December
- July 7 – The British East India Company declare Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, to be deposed.[2][3]
- August 2 – Mir Qasim routed at Odwa Nala.[2] He flees to Patna, where he massacres the English garrison,[3] but is subsequently defeated at Katwa, Murshidabad, Giria, Sooty, Udayanala and Munger.
- August 5 – Pontiac's War – Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run in the Pennsylvania backcountry.
- August – Fire in Smyrna, Turkey, destroys 2,600 houses.
- September 1 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
- October 7 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is issued by George III of the United Kingdom, restricting westward expansion of British North America and stabilizing relations with indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- November 24 – Bayes' theorem is first announced.[4]
Date unknown
- Little Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, damaged in an earthquake.
- The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
- Joseph Haydn writes his Symphony No. 13.
Births
- January 8 – Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (d. 1834)
- January 24 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
- January 26 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (d. 1844)
- February 14 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
- March 9 – William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
- March 13 – Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, Marshal of France (d. 1815)
- March 21 – Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
- May 7 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (d. 1813)
- May 21 – Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
- June 20 – Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
- June 23 – Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
- July 17 – John Jacob Astor, German-born entrepreneur (d. 1848)
- August 17 – Dmitry Senyavin, Russian admiral (d. 1831)
- December 25 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (d. 1805)
- December 28 – John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 1836)
- December 31 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
Deaths
- January 11 – Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
- January 22 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
- January 29 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
- February 11 – William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
- February 12 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
- April 8 – Koca Ragıp Pasha, Ottoman (Turkish) grand vizier ( b. 1698)
- May 3 – George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. c. 1679)
- August 21 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
- September 26 – John Byrom, English poet (b. 1692)
- October 28 – Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
- November 10 – Joseph Dupleix – French governor general at Pondicherry
- November 23 – Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
- December 17 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (b. 1722)
- December 23 – Antoine François Prévost, writer (b. 1697)
References
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 322. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b "Murshidabad". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. http://www.royalark.net/India4/murshid8.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ^ "A Letter from the Late Reverend Mr. Thomas Bayes, F.R.S. to John Canton, M.A. and F.R.S." (PDF). 1763-11-24. http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/letter.pdf. Retrieved 2012-03-01.