1763

Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s

Years: 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 - 1763 - 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768

Events

• February 10 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
• 15 February - the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies
• May 7 - Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
• 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.

• The Treaty of Paris signed by Great Britain, France and Spain brings an end to the Seven Years' War (also called the French and Indian War in the United States)
• First publication of Bayes' theorem
• Proclamation of 1763
• City of St. Louis Missouri founded

Year in topic

• 1763 in literature
• 1763 in science

Births

• January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, French Field Marshal, later King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Charles III John of Norway
• February 29 - Ann Lee, founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing ("Shakers")
• March 9 - William Cobbett, journalist and author (+ 1835)
• March 13 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French soldier (+ 1815)
• March 21 - Jean Paul, poet and publicist (+ 1825)
• June 20 - Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot († 1798)
• June 23 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France.
• July 17 - John Jacob Astor, entrepreneur (+ 1848)
• December 25 - Claude Chappe, telecommunication pioneer (in semaphore relays).
• December 28 - John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (+ 1836)

Deaths

• February 12 - Pierre de Marivaux, French playwright.

Monarchs/Presidents

• China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
• France - Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774)
• Japan - Tokugawa Ieharu (ruled 1760 - 1786)
• Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
• Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to 1771)

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