1761
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Year 1761 (MDCCLXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1761
January - June
- January 14 - Third Battle of Panipat was fought between Marathas and Afghans.
- January 16 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
- February 8 - An earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar.
- March 8 - A second earthquake occurs in North London, Hampstead and Highgate.
- June 6 - A transit of Venus occurred, and was observed from 120 locations around the Earth.
July - December
- September 19 - Slave trade to and within Portugal mainland is forbidden.
- December 16 - Seven Years' War: After four months of siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.
Undated
- In Dutch Guyana, a "state" formed by escaped slaves signs a treaty with the local governor.
- Opening of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory.
- The tune to " Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is published in France.
Ongoing events
- French and Indian War (1754–1763)
- Seven Years' War (1756–1763)
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1761 MDCCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2514 |
| Armenian calendar | 1210 ԹՎ ՌՄԺ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -83 – -82 |
| Berber calendar | 2711 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2305 |
| Burmese calendar | 1123 |
| Chinese calendar | 4397/4457-11-26 ( 庚辰年十一月廿六日) — to — 4398/4458-12-6( 辛巳年十二月初六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1477 – 1478 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1753 – 1754 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5521 – 5522 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1816 – 1817 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1683 – 1684 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4862 – 4863 |
| Holocene calendar | 11761 |
| Iranian calendar | 1139 – 1140 |
| Islamic calendar | 1174 – 1175 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōreki 11 (宝暦11年) |
| Korean calendar | 4094 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2304 |
- January 17 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (died 1832)
- February 1 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (died 1836)
- February 16 - Charles Pichegru, French general (died 1804)
- March 6 - Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French general (died 1828)
- May 3 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (died 1819)
- October 27 - Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist (died 1823)
- November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver of medals (died 1822)
- November 13 - John Moore, British general (died 1809)
- November 20 - Pope Pius VIII (died 1850)
- December 1 - Marie Tussaud, French wax modeller (died 1850)
- date unknown - Henry Shrapnel, British Army officer and inventor (died 1842)
Deaths
- January 4 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (born 1677)
- January 10 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (born 1711)
- February 1 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (born 1682)
- April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (born 1722)
- April 9 - William Law, English minister (born 1686)
- April 15 - Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (born 1682)
- April 17 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (born c. 1702)
- May 14 - Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (born 1710)
- June 2 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (born 1685)
- July 4 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (born 1689)
- July 9 - Carl Gotthelf Gerlach, German organist (born 1704)
- July 13 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (born 1712)
- August 3 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (born 1691)
- September 8 - Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (born 1698)
- November 30 - John Dollond, English optician (born 1706)
- December 23 - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy (born c. 1725)