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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s
Years: 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 - 1767 - 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772
Events
- The Burmese invasion reaches the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, razing it.
- North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky - in defiance of a decree from King George III. He discovers a rich hunting ground, contested by several 'Indian' tribes.
- American Whalers venture into the Antarctic for the first time, and begin to commercially exploit it.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau settles in England.
- The first known competition of the winter sport biathlon takes place, in Norway
- The final volume of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Stern is published.
Year in topic
Births
- March 15 - Andrew Jackson, later 7th President of the United States
- July 11 - John Quincy Adams, later 6th President of the United States
Deaths
- Firmin Abauzit - French scientist
- Georg Philipp Telemann
Monarchs/Presidents
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
- Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to 1771)
