1763

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1763 (MDCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (dominical letter B) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Julian calendar, the 1763rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 763rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1763, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1918.

Events

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 George III of the United Kingdom in 1761.
• February 10 – French and Indian War/Seven Years' War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada (New France) to Great Britain.^[1]
• February 15 – The Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies.
• February 23 – The 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 – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes Hungary and Slovakia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Damage is limited, but 83 are killed.^[2]

July–December

• July 7 – The British East India Company declare Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, to be deposed.^[3][4]
• August 2 – Mir Qasim routed at Odwa Nala.^[3] He flees to Patna, where he massacres the English garrison,^[4] but is subsequently defeated at Katwa, Murshidabad, Giria, Sooty, Udayanala and Munger.
• 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.
• August – Fire in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, destroys 2,600 houses.
• September 1 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
• October 7 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is issued by George III of the United Kingdom, restricting westward expansion of British North America and stabilizing relations with indigenous peoples of the Americas.
• November 24 – Bayes' theorem is first announced.^[5]
• December 2 – Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, dedicated; by the end of the 20th century this will be the oldest surviving synagogue in North America.
• December 14 – The Paxton Boys massacre six Conestoga Indians in their homes in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania When the 16 survivors are sheltered in the Lancaster workhouse (jail), the Paxton Boys ride into town and kill them as well, on December 27.

Date unknown

• Little Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, damaged in an earthquake.
• The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
• Joseph Haydn writes his Symphony No. 13.
• The Russo-Circassian War begins when the Russian Empire attempts to annex Circassia.

Births

• January 8 – Edmond-Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (d. 1834)
• January 24 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
• January 26 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (d. 1844)
• February 14 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
• March 9 – William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
• March 13 – Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, Marshal of France (d. 1815)
• March 21 – Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
• May 7 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (d. 1813)
• May 21 – Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
• June 20 – Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
• June 23 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
• July 17 – John Jacob Astor, German-born entrepreneur (d. 1848)
• August 13 – Christoph Johann von Medem, German courtier (d. 1838)
• August 17 – Dmitry Senyavin, Russian admiral (d. 1831)
• September 2 – Caroline Schelling, German scholar and intellectual (d. 1809)
• December 25 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (d. 1805)
• December 28 – John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 1836)
• December 31 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)

Date unknown

• Huang Peilie, Chinese bibliophile (d. 1825)^[6]

Deaths

• January 11 – Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
• January 22 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• January 29 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
• February 11 – William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
• February 12 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
• March 24 – Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie, Swedish countess (b. 1723)
• April 8 – Koca Ragıp Pasha, Ottoman (Turkish) Grand Vizier (b. 1698)
• May 3 – George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. c. 1679)
• June 29 – Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Swedish writer (b. 1718)
• August 21 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
• September 20 – Gabriela Silang, Filipino rebel leader and heroine (b. 1731)
• September 26 – John Byrom, English poet (b. 1692)
• October 5 – Augustus, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1696)
• October 28 – Heinrich von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
• November 10 – Joseph Dupleix – French governor general at Pondichéry
• November 23 – Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German soldier (b. 1673)
• December 17 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (b. 1722)
• December 23 – Antoine François Prévost, writer (b. 1697)

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