1762

Year 1762 (''' MDCCLXII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).

EVENTS OF 1762

January - June

January 4 - Britain declares war on Spain and Naples .

January 5 - Death of the Empress Elisabeth of Russia , who is succeeded by her nephew Peter III . Peter, an admirer of Frederick The Great , immediately opens peace negotiations with the Prussia ns.

May 15 - The Treaty Of Saint Petersburg (1762) ends the war between Russia and Prussia .

May 22 - The Treaty Of Hamburg takes Sweden out of the war against Prussia.

June 24 - Battle Of Wilhelmstal . The Anglo-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand Of Brunswick defeats the French forces in Westphalia. The British commander Lord Granby distinguishes himself.

July - December

July 9 - Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the deposition of her husband Peter III. The incipient Russo-Prussian alliance falls apart, but Russia does not rejoin the war.

July 21 - Battle Of Burkersdorf . In his last major battle, Frederick defeats Marshal Daun in Silesia .

British East India Company

Manila

August 10 - British East India Company seizes the port city of Manila , Philippines from the Spaniards .

September 15 - Battle Of Signal Hill is fought.

October 5 - The British take Manila and make it an Open Port.

October 29 . Battle Of Freiberg - Prince Henry Of Prussia , Frederick's brother, defeats the Austria n army of Marshal Serbelloni.

Undated

Jean-Jacques Rousseau first publishes ''The Social Contract'' ''(Du Contrat Social)''.

Louis XV orders the construction of the Petit Trianon , in the park of the Palace Of Versailles , for his mistress Madame De Pompadour .

Neolin begins to preach.

Empress Go-Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan , succeeding Emperor Momozono .

The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III Of The United Kingdom , as the county seat of Dobbs County , North Carolina . The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784 .

Ongoing events

French And Indian War ( 1754 - 1763 ).

Seven Years' War ( 1756 - 1763 ).

BIRTHS

April 29 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , French marshal (d. 1833 )

May 19 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte , German philosopher (d. 1814 )

August 12 - King George IV Of The United Kingdom (d. 1830 )

September 11 - Joanna Baillie , Scottish writer (d. 1851 )

October 23 - Samuel Morey , American inventor (d. 1843 )

October 30 - André Chénier , French writer (d. 1794 )

November 1 - Spencer Perceval , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (d. 1812 )

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DEATHS

January 5 - Elizabeth Of Russia (b. 1709 )

January 11 - Louis-François Roubiliac , French sculptor (b. 1695 )

February 11 - Johann Tobias Krebs , German composer (b. 1690 )

February 12 - Laurent Belissen , French composer (b. 1693 )

February 20 - Tobias Mayer , German astronomer (b. 1723 )

March 21 - Nicolas Louis De Lacaille , French astronomer (b. 1713 )

May 26 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher (b. 1714 )

June 17 - Prosper Jolyot De Crébillon , French writer (b. 1674 )

June 19 - Johann Ernst Eberlin , German composer (b. 1702 )

July 13 - James Bradley , English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693 )

July 28 - George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe , English politician (b. 1691 )

August 21 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , English writer (b. 1689 )

August 31 - Emperor Momozono Of Japan (b. 1741 )

September 17 - Francesco Geminiani , Italian composer (b. 1687 )

October 6 - Francesco Manfredini , Italian composer (b. 1684 )

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