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Everything about 1761 totally explainedYear 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1761
January - June
July - December
September 8 - Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte).
September 19 - Slave trade to and within Portugal mainland is forbidden.
September 22 - Coronation of George III of the United Kingdom andQueen Charlotte.
December 16 - Seven Years' War: After four months of siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.
Undated
In Dutch Guyana, a "state" formed by escaped slaves signs a treaty with the local governor.
Opening of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory.
The tune to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is published in France.
Ongoing events
French and Indian War (1754–1763)
Seven Years' War (1756–1763)
Births
January 17 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (died 1832)
February 1 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (died 1836)
February 16 - Charles Pichegru, French general (died 1804)
March 6 - Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French general (died 1828)
May 3 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (died 1819)
October 27 - Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist (died 1823)
November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver of medals (died 1822)
November 13 - John Moore, British general (died 1809)
November 20 - Pope Pius VIII (died 1850)
December 1 - Marie Tussaud, French wax modeller (died 1850)
date unknown - Henry Shrapnel, British Army officer and inventor (died 1842)
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Deaths
January 4 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (born 1677)
January 10 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (born 1711)
February 1 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (born 1682)
April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (born 1722)
April 9 - William Law, English minister (born 1686)
April 15 - Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (born 1682)
April 17 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (born c.1702)
May 14 - Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (born 1710)
June 2 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (born 1685)
July 4 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (born 1689)
July 9 - Carl Gotthelf Gerlach, German organist (born 1704)
July 13 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (born 1712)
August 3 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (born 1691)
September 8 - Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (born 1698)
November 30 - John Dollond, English optician (born 1706)
December 23 - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy (born c.1725)
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