1760 in Great Britain

none 1760 yes Events from the year 1760 in Great Britain. This year sees a change of monarch. Incumbents Monarch – George II (until 25 October), George III (starting 25 October) Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig)History of Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/thomas-pelham-holles-1st-duke-of-newcastle www.gov.uk 19 June 2023 en Events 22 January – Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Wandiwash in India, British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the French under Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 320 15 February – HMS Royal Katherine runs aground off Bolt Head, South Devon, with the loss of 699 lives. 21–26 February – Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland, a force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in the naval Battle of Bishops Court in the Irish Sea on 28 February.Nicholas Rodger Rodger N. A. M. The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815 London Penguin Books; National Maritime Museum 2006 0-14-102690-1 283 June – Scottish Presbyterian preacher Dr. James Fordyce moves to London. 3 July – a lightning strike causes a major fire at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard; substantial rebuilding follows.Portsmouth Dockyard http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/portsmouth_dockyard.htm Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk 2011-09-27Chronology Of Events In Portsmouth – 1700–1799 http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/events/chronology-4.htm History In Portsmouth 2011-09-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20110822183623/http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/events/chronology-4.htm 2011-08-22 dead 31 July – Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Warburg, the British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick storms Warburg, with a heroic role being played by the British commander Lord Granby.http://www.britishbattles.com/seven-years/warburg.htm BritishBattles.com 2007-08-02 8 September – Seven Years' War: Jeffery Amherst captures Montreal.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 222 0-7126-5616-2 25 October – George III ascends to the throne following the death of his grandfather George II. He will reign until 29 January 1820. He surrenders the income from the Crown Estate to the government in exchange for a civil list contribution to maintaining the Royal Household. Thomas Braidwood establishes Braidwood's Academy for the Deaf and Dumb in Edinburgh, the first school for the deaf in Britain. Publications James Macpherson's Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland. Geologist John Michell's essay "Conjectures concerning the Cause and Observations upon the Phaenomena of Earthquakes".Philosophical Transactions, li. 1760 Laurence Sterne's comic metafictional novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (books 1–2, dated this year but published in December 1759). Births 28 March – Thomas Clarkson, abolitionist (died 1846)BBC - History - Thomas Clarkson https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/clarkson_thomas.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 17 March 2022 27 October – Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet, Royal Navy Admiral (died 1828) probable – Lemuel Francis Abbott, portrait painter (died 1802) Deaths 5 May – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, murderer (hanged) (born 1720) 30 September – Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry, society beauty (lead poisoning) (born 1732) 25 October – King George II of Great Britain (born 1683, Hanover) See also 1760 in Wales References Further reading Annual Register...1760 London J. Dodsley 1789 http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008903231 1760 Category:Years in the Kingdom of Great Britain Category:1760 by country Category:1760 in Europe Category:1760s in Great Britain