1761

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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

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).

[edit] 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 Nuremberg, Germany.

January 17 – James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832)
February 1 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
February 16 – Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
March 6 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French general (d. 1828)
May 3 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
October 27 – Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist (d. 1823)
November 4 – Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver of medals (d. 1822)
November 13 – John Moore, British general (d. 1809)
November 20 – Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
December 1 – Marie Tussaud, French wax modeller (d. 1850)
December 27 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander (d. 1818)
June 3 – Henry Shrapnel, British Army officer and inventor (d. 1842)

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)