1763

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Year '1763' ('MDCCLXIII') was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

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Events of 1763

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1763

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 King George III in 1761.

★ February 10 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.

★ February 15 - the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies.

★ February 23 - 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 - Earthquake occurs in Komarom, Hungary.

July - December

★ 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.

★ September 1 - Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow

★ October 7 - Proclamation of 1763 is made.

Undated

★ First publication is made of Bayes' theorem.

★ Fire in Smyrna, Turkey destroys 2,600 houses.

Births

★ January 8 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (died 1834)

★ January 24 - Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (died 1831)

★ January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (died 1844)

★ February 14 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (died 1813)

★ February 29 - Ann Lee, American religious leader (died 1784)

★ March 9 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (died 1835)

★ March 13 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, Marshal of France (died 1815)

★ March 21 - Jean Paul, German writer (died 1825)

★ May 7 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (died 1813)

★ May 21 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (died 1820)

★ June 20 - Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (died 1798)

★ June 23 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (died 1814)

★ July 17 - John Jacob Astor, German-born entrepreneur (died 1848)

★ August 17 - Dmitry Senyavin, Russian admiral (died 1831)

★ December 25 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (died 1805)

★ December 28 - John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (died 1836)

★ December 31 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (died 1806)
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Deaths

★ January 11 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (born 1676)

★ January 22 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (born 1690)

★ January 29 - Louis Racine, French poet (born 1692)

★ February 11 - William Shenstone, English poet (born 1714)

★ February 12 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (born 1688)

★ May 3 - George Psalmanazar, British impostor (born c.1679)

★ August 21 - Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (born 1710)

★ September 26 - John Byrom, English poet (born 1692)

★ October 28 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (born 1700)

★ November 23 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (born 1673)

★ December 17 - Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (born 1722)

★ December 23 - Antoine François Prévost, writer (born 1697)
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