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1759 1760 1761 - 1762 - 1763 1764 1765
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1740s 1750s - 1760s ''' - 1770s 1780s 1790s
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| align="center" | - 18th Century ''' - 19th Century
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1762 was a Common Year Starting On Friday (see link for calendar).
Events
March
April
May
- July 9 - Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the deposition of her husband Peter III. The incipient Russo-Prussian alliance falls apart, but Russia does not rejoin the war.
- July 21 - Battle Of Burkersdorf . In his last major battle, Frederick defeats Marshal Daun in Silesia .
August
October
December
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
- January 5 - Elizabeth Of Russia (b. 1709 )
- January 11 - Louis-François Roubiliac , French sculptor (b. 1695 )
- January 13 - Leonhard Trautsch , German composer (b. 1694 )
- February 11 - Johann Tobias Krebs , German composer (b. 1690 )
- February 12 - Laurent Belissen , French composer (b. 1693 )
- February 20 - Tobias Mayer , German astronomer (b. 1723 )
- March 21 - Nicolas Louis De Lacaille , French astronomer (b. 1713 )
- May 26 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher (b. 1714 )
- June 17 - Prosper Jolyot De Crébillon , French writer (b. 1674 )
- June 19 - Johann Ernst Eberlin , German composer (b. 1702 )
- July 13 - James Bradley , English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693 )
- July 28 - George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe , English politician (b. 1691 )
- August 21 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , English writer (b. 1689 )
- September 17 - Francesco Geminiani , Italian composer (b. 1687 )
- October 6 - Francesco Manfredini , Italian composer (b. 1684 )
- Emperor Momozono Of Japan (b. 1741 )
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