1764 - February 15
The American city of St. Louis is established
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1764 - February 15
The American city of St. Louis is established
1763
January 6 - Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, later to be Karl XIV Johan king of Sweden and Norway 1818-1844, is born. That's right: We ran out of kings, and had to import one from France...
February 10 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
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.
Sweden and Britain reestablish trade connections after 15 years of hostility.
Investments in tar, Finlands biggest export merchandise declines due to fears of a russian invasion.
1762 - January 4
Britain declares war on Spain and Naples
1761
Jan 13th - Battle of Panipat, Ahmad Shah Durrani and his forces defeated ShadaSiva Bhao and the Maratha armies.
May 14th - Thomas Simpson, mathematician, died.
June 3rd - Henry Shrapnel, inventor of er.. shrapnel, born
July 4th - Samuel Richardson, author of 'Pamela' etc., died
1760 - October 9
Russian troops enter Berlin, but soon withdraw
1759
January 15 - The British Museum opens.
January 25 - The Birth Date of the Scottish national poet, Robert Burns.
July 25 - Seven Years' War (French and Indian War): In Canada, British forces capture Fort Niagara from French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
September 10 -The swedish navy defeats its prussian counterpart in the battle of Das Frisches Haff.
September 13 - Quebec is stormed and taken by brittish troops. As a result, Canada comes under british rule.
1758
Horatio Nelson born
Noah Webster born
Allan Ramsay died
Battle of Louisburg
great fire of Llanfair Caereinion.
1757
January 2 - Britain captures Calcutta, India.
June 23 - Battle of Plassey: 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.
September 13 - The Swedish army invades Prussia without a declaration of war.
September 22 - Sweden and France agree that Sweden shall keep 20.000 troops in Germany.
Swedens last witch trial is held in Dalarna. The eight accused women are saved by Katarina Charlotta De la Gardie.
1756
Jan, 27th - W. A. Mozart (Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) is born.
1755
Lisbon earthquake.
Eruption of Etna
William Russell Birch born
Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language" published
1754
Beginning of the French and Indian War in North America
1753
- Sweden adopts Gregorian calendar
- British parliament extends citizenship to Jews
- Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus on 1st May, adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature as the formal start date of the scientific classification of plants
- James Lind writes A Treatise of the Scurvy
1752
Ben Franklin conducts his electricity in lightning experiment by flying a kite in a thunderstorm
1751
Aug 31: Clive captures Arcot
Albinoni died.
Sheridan born
Gray's "Elegy in a country Churchyard" published
1750
The death of Johann Sebastian Bach