What Happened In History Year 1763

Historical Events for the Year 1763

• 10th February » French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
• 18th May » Fire destroys a large part of Montreal
• 7th October » George III of the United Kingdom called King George III of Kingdom of Great Britain e.g Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
• 2nd December » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Famous Birthdays in 1763

• 8th January » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
• 24th January » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
• 26th January » Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
• 1st February » Thomas Campbell (clergyman) e.g Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)
• 9th February » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
• 14th February » Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
• 20th February » Adalbert Gyrowetz, Bohemian composer (d. 1850)
• 9th March » William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
• 13th March » Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, French general (d. 1815)
• 21st March » Jean Paul, German author (d. 1825)
• 7th April » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)
• 7th May » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (d. 1813)
• 9th May » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
• 16th May » Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)
• 21st May » Joseph Fouché, French politician (d. 1820)
• 28th May » Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest (d. 1811)
• 13th June » José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian politician (d. 1838)
• 14th June » Simon Mayr, German composer (d. 1845)
• 15th June » Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1826)
• 15th June » Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (d. 1827)
• 20th June » Wolfe Tone, Irish general (d. 1798)
• 21st June » Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher and academic (d. 1845)
• 22nd June » Étienne Méhul, French composer (d. 1817)
• 23rd June » Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoleon I (d. 1814)
• 17th July » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (d. 1848)
• 29th July » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral (d. 1845)
• 30th July » Samuel Rogers, English poet and art collector (d. 1855)
• 24th October » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author (d. 1839)
• 8th November » Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and clergyman (d. 1832)
• 25th December » Claude Chappe, French engineer (d. 1805)
• 28th December » John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson named Molson Brewing Company (d. 1836)
• 31st December » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)

Famous Deaths in History for 1763

• 22nd January » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician (b. 1690)
• 29th January » Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
• 11th February » William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
• 12th February » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
• 18th April » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
• 3rd May » George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
• 28th October » Heinrich von Brühl, German politician (b. 1700)
• 23rd November » Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673)
• 28th November » Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
• 23rd December » Antoine François Prévost, French author (b. 1697)
• 25th December » Suraj Mal, Indian ruler (b. 1707)

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