Events in year of 1762
- 01-04England declares war on Spain and Naples
- 01-15Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City
- 02-02Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes, " premieres in London
- 02-12English fleet occupies Martinique
- 04-05British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
- 05-22Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty
- 06-15Austria uses 1st paper currency
- 06-281st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
- 06-28Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power
- 06-29Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II
- 08-14English fleet occupies Havana
- 08-221st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
- 10-05Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna)
- 10-06English troops occupy Manila Philippines
- 11-03England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris
- 11-03Spain acquires Louisiana
- 12-09British parliament accept Treaty of Paris
- 12-21James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts
- 12-31Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg
People born in year of 1762
- 01-20Jerome-Joseph de Momigny: Composer
- 01-21Giuseppe Antonio Silvani: Composer
- 01-23Christian A Vulpius: Germany -- Writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
- 02-19Friedrich Franz Hurka: Composer
- 03-07Sebastiaan C Nederburgh: Director-General (East Indies Company)
- 03-24Marcos Antonio da Fonseca: Portugal -- Opera composer (Portogallo)
- 03-25Francesco Giuseppi Pollini: Composer
- 04-04Stephen Storace: Composer
- 04-13Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis: Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth)
- 04-13Karl Friedrich Horn: Composer
- 04-14Giuseppe Valadier: Italian architect / archaeologist
- 05-19Johann G Fichte: Germany -- Philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)
- 06-24Johann Paul Wessely: Composer
- 07-04Marco Santucci: Composer
- 07-20Jakob Haibel: Composer
- 07-21Willem GF Bentinck: Dutch Earl / politician / Organist
- 08-10Santiago Ferrer: Composer
- 08-12George IV: King of England (1820-30)
- 09-06Theodorus F van Capellen: Vice-admiral
- 09-16Charles G G: Earl of Merode / Mayor of Brussels / French senator
- 09-24William Lisle Bowles: English poet (14 Sonnets)
- 10-04Tommaso Sogner: Composer
- 10-12John W Janssens: Governor-General of Cape colony / Dutch-Indies 1811
- 10-15Samuel Adams Holyoke: Composer
- 10-21Herman W Daendels: Brigadier General / Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11)
- 10-27Gijsbert K van Hogendorp: Dutch count / Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 11-01Spencer Perceval: (Tory), British Prime Minister (1809-12)
- 11-16Petronella Moens: Frisian author / poetess
- 12-26Franz Wilhelm Tausch: Composer
People died in year of 1762
- 01-13Leonhard Trautsch: Composer, dies at 68
- 02-11Johann Tobias Krebs: Composer, dies at 71
- 02-12Laurent Belissen: Composer, dies at 68
- 04-23Johann Samuel Endler: Composer, dies at 67
- 05-16Ernst Chreistian Hesse: Composer, dies at 86
- 05-24Joseph Umstatt: Composer, dies at 51
- 06-19Johann Ernst Eberlin: Composer, dies at 60
- 07-06Peter III Feodorovich: Tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34
- 07-10Johann F Gronovius: Physician / botany, dies at 76
- 07-13James Bradley: 3rd Astronomer Royal
- 07-14Cornelis Hop: Amsterdams regent / diplomat, dies at 77
- 07-16Jacques Hotteterre: Composer, dies at 87
- 07-17Peter III Fjodorovitsj: Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34
- 07-20Christoph Nichelsmann: German klavecinist / composer
- 08-13John Alberti: Theologist / philological, dies at 64
- 09-17Francesco Xaverio Geminiani: Composer, dies at 74
- 10-06Francesco Onofrio Manfredini: Composer, dies at 78
Events in year of 1763
- 02-10Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England
- 02-12John Casteret appointed British Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 02-15Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg
- 04-30London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower
- 05-16Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
- 10-07George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement
- 11-15Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
- 11-16English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel
- 12-02Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
People born in year of 1763
- 01-03Joseph Fesch: French Cardinal / war commission / Earl / senator
- 01-26Charles XIV: French marshall, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-44)
- 01-29J G Seume: Writer
- 02-01Thomas Campbell: Founder (Church of Disciples in America)
- 02-03Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld]: German author
- 03-06Jean Xavier Lefevre: Composer
- 03-21Jean Paul: Writer
- 04-02Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari: Composer
- 04-07Domenico Dragonetti: Composer
- 05-04Franz Stanislaus Spindler: Composer
- 05-07Josef Poniatovski: Polish General / marshal of France
- 05-08John Goldberg: Dutch patriot / Statesman
- 05-16Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin: Chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
- 06-01Christian Gottlob Saupe: Composer
- 06-13Jose B de Andrada e Silva: Premier of Brazil
- 06-14Johannes Simon Mayr: Composer
- 06-15Franz Danzi: Composer
- 06-21Pierre P Royer-Collard: French attorney / philosopher
- 06-26George Morland: England, United Kingdom -- Artist of rural landscapes
- 07-02Peter Ritter: Composer
- 07-17Johannes H van der Palm: Dutch theologist / Minister of Education
- 07-17John Jacob Astor: Germany -- Richest man in US, banker / fur trader
- 07-30Samuel Rogers: English poet (Italy, a poem)
- 08-08Charles Bulfinch: Boston, Massachusetts -- 1st US pro architect (Mass State House)
- 09-02Caroline von Schelling [Michaelis]: German author
- 10-12John Ross: Composer
- 11-28Matthaus Fischer: Composer
- 12-23John Davy: Composer
- 12-25Claude Chappe: French engineer (optical telegraph)
People died in year of 1763
- 01-02John Casteret Earl Granville: English Premier, dies at 72
- 01-27John Theodor of Bavaria: Prince-bishop of Liege / cardinal
- 06-01Johann Caspar Vogler: Composer, dies at 67
- 07-17Wenzel Raimund Pirck: Composer, dies at 45
- 08-09John Althuysen: Fries vicar / Poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47
- 08-14Giovanni Battista Somis: Composer, dies at 76
- 09-14Johann Philipp Sack: Composer, dies at 40
- 10-05August III: King of Poland, dies at 66
- 10-17Arnold Hoogvliet: Poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76
- 10-22French van Mieris "the Young": Painter / historian, dies at 73
- 12-02Carl August Thielo: Composer, dies at 56
Events in year of 1764
- 01-24Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire
- 02-15St. Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
- 02-21John Wilkes thrown out of Engl House of Commons for "Essay on Women"
- 04-03Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic King
- 05-05Smolny-institution forms in St. Petersburg for noble girls
- 07-23James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation
- 10-25John Adams marries Abigail Smith (marriage lasts 54 years)
- 11-16Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
- 11-26France bans Jesuit enorde
People born in year of 1764
- 01-01John Kinker: Dutch linguist / philosopher / poet (Minderjarige Zangster)
- 02-04Carel H Verhuell: Dutch / French Vice-Admiral / Minister of Navy
- 02-08Joseph Leopold von Eybler: Austrian composer
- 02-22Alexander Campbell: Composer
- 02-28Robert Haldane: Scottish theologist / philanthropist
- 03-13Charles Earl Grey: (Whig), British Prime Minister (1830-34)
- 04-03John Abernethy: London, England -- Surgeon
- 04-12Dirk van den Boetzelaer: Regent of Holland
- 04-18Bernhard Anselm Weber: Pianist / conductor / composer
- 05-01Benjamin Henry Latrobe: Engineer / architect (built Capitol)
- 05-01Gottfried Rieger: Composer
- 05-03Elisabeth PMH: Princess of France / Son of King Louis XVI
- 05-15Johann Nepomuk Kalcher: Composer
- 05-20J Gottfried Schadow: German sculptor / cartoonist / lithographer
- 06-19John Barrow: England, United Kingdom -- Founded Royal Geographical Society
- 06-19Jose Gervasio Artigas: General / father of Uruguay
- 07-01Georg Christoph Grosheim: Composer
- 07-05Janos Lavotta: Composer
- 07-09Ann Ward Radcliffe: English Gothic Novelist (Italian)
- 08-20Charles F Bentinck: Dutch Minister of Colonies
- 09-11Valentino Fioravanti: Composer
- 09-15Friedrich Heine: Composer
- 09-15Paolo Francesco Parenti: Composer
- 09-17John Goodricke: English astronomer / member Royal Society
- 10-14Charles-Henri Plantade: Composer
- 11-05Pieter Nieuwland: Dutch Scientist (Newton)
- 11-30Franz Xaver Gerl: Composer
- 12-10Louis-Sebastien Lebrun: Composer
- 12-22Barbara Juliane Krudener: Latvia -- Mystic visionary renounced nobility
People died in year of 1764
- 03-17George Parker: English astronomer
- 03-30Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Italian violinist / composer, dies at 68
- 04-14Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow: Danish astronomer, dies at 84
- 04-27Jaime de Casellas: Composer, dies at 73
- 05-03Francesco Algarotti: Italian Earl / encyclopedist, dies at 53
- 05-10Picander [Christian Henrici]: German writer (Die Weiberprobe)
- 06-03Hans A Brorson: Danish Poet / Bishop of Ribe, dies at 69
- 06-11Christoph Stoltzenberg: Composer, dies at 74
- 07-16Ivan VI: Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23
- 09-12Jean Philippe Rameau: French Composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80
- 11-20Christian Goldbach: German mathematician
- 11-30Dieudonne Raick: Composer, dies at 61