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Year 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 14: 3rd Battle of Panipat.

January - June

  • January 14 - Third Battle of Panipat was fought between Marathas and Afghans.
  • January 16 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
  • February 8 - An earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar.
  • March 8 - A second earthquake occurs in North London, Hampstead and Highgate.
  • June 6 - A transit of Venus occurred, and was observed from 120 locations around the Earth.

July - December

December 16: Kolobrzeg.
  • September 19 - Slave trade to and within Portugal mainland is forbidden.
  • 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

1761 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1761
MDCCLXI
Ab urbe condita 2514
Armenian calendar 1210
ԹՎ ՌՄԺ
Assyrian calendar 6511
Bahá'í calendar -83–-82
Bengali calendar 1168
Berber calendar 2711
British Regnal year Geo. 3 – 2 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar 2305
Burmese calendar 1123
Byzantine calendar 7269–7270
Chinese calendar 庚辰年十一月廿六日
(4397/4457-11-26)
— to —
辛巳年十二月初六日
(4398/4458-12-6)
Coptic calendar 1477–1478
Ethiopian calendar 1753–1754
Hebrew calendar 5521–5522
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1817–1818
 - Shaka Samvat 1683–1684
 - Kali Yuga 4862–4863
Holocene calendar 11761
Igbo calendar
 - Ǹrí Ìgbò 761–762
Iranian calendar 1139–1140
Islamic calendar 1174–1175
Japanese calendar Hōreki 11
(宝暦11年)
Juche calendar N/A (before 1912)
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar 4094
Minguo calendar 151 before ROC
民前151年
Thai solar calendar 2304
  • 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)

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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