Important Historical Events of the year 1760, Year 1760 in History

List of 1760 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1760

What happened in the year 1760?

Date Event
January 9, 1760 Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
March 20, 1760 The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
April 29, 1760 French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.
May 17, 1760 French forces besieging Quebec retreat after the Royal Navy arrives to relieve the British garrison.
June 4, 1760 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
June 16, 1760 French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned.
June 23, 1760 Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
June 27, 1760 Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
July 8, 1760 British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
August 15, 1760 Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
September 8, 1760 French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France.
October 9, 1760 Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
October 10, 1760 In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname
October 25, 1760 King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II.
November 15, 1760 The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
November 18, 1760 The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.