- 1760 in Great Britain
Events from the year
1760 in theKingdom of Great Britain .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George II of the United Kingdom (to25 October ),George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , WhigEvents
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22 January -Seven Years' War : At theBattle of Wandiwash inIndia , British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the FrenchMarquis de Bussy-Castelnau .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=320]
*31 July - Seven Years' War: At theBattle of Warburg , the British-Hanoverian army ofFerdinand of Brunswick stormsWarburg , with a heroic role being played by the British commander Lord Granby. [cite web|url=http://www.britishbattles.com/seven-years/warburg.htm|title=BritishBattles.com|accessdate=2007-08-02]
*8 September - Seven Year's War:Jeffrey Amherst capturesMontreal .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 222|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*25 October - George III ascends to the throne following the death of his grandfather George II.Publications
* Geologist
John Michell 's essay "Conjectures concerning the Cause and Observations upon the Phaenomena of Earthquakes". ["Philosophical Transactions ", li. 1760]
* "Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland " byJames Macpherson .
* "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman " byLaurence Sterne .Births
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27 October -Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet , Royal Navy Admiral (died 1828)
*"probable" -Lemuel Francis Abbott , portrait painter (died 1802)Deaths
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5 May -Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers , murderer (hanged) (born 1720)
*25 October - KingGeorge II of Great Britain (born 1683, Hanover)References
ee also
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