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Events
January 16 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
February 8 – Earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar
March 8 - Second earthquake in North London, Hampstead and Highgate
In Dutch Guayana a “state” formed by escaped slaves signs a treaty with the local governor
Opening of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is published, in France.
Ongoing events
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
Births
February 1 - Christian Hendrik Persoon - Mycologist. (d. 1836)
May 3 - August von Kotzebue - German Dramatist.
November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu - French engraver of medals.
November 20 - Pope Pius VIII
December 1 - Marie Tussaud - French Waxwork modeller
Henry Shrapnel - British Army officer and inventor.
Deaths
April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss enameller
April 7 - Thomas Bayes, British mathematician and Presbyterian minister
July 4 - Samuel Richardson, British writer
Tokugawa Ieshige - Japanese shogun.
Category:1761
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