1761 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1761 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tory
[edit] Events
- 16 January - In India, general Sir Eyre Coote captures Pondicherry from the French.[1]
- 25 March–5 May - A general election is held.
- 15 July–16 July - Seven Years' War: a combined Prussian-Hanoverian-British force led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats a large French army at the Battle of Villinghausen.
- 17 July - Opening of the Bridgewater Canal between Leeds and Liverpool.[2]
- 15 August - Seven Years' War: France and Spain sign the Pacte de Famille forming an alliance against Britain.[1]
- September - Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder fails to garner support to declare war of Spain.[1]
- 8 September - King George III marries Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at St. James Palace.[3]
- 22 September - Coronation of the King George III.[2]
- 5 October - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham resigns as Secretary of State for the Southern Department.[3] The Tory John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute forms a new administration.[1]
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- Britain helps Portugal resist a joint French-Spanish invasion.[1]
- Opening of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory.
- James Brindley completes the Bridgewater Canal from Worsley to Manchester.[3]
[edit] Births
- 17 January - James Hall, geologist (died 1832)
- 13 March - Henry Shrapnel, British Army officer and inventor (died 1842)
- 27 October - Matthew Baillie, physician and pathologist (died 1823)
- 13 November - John Moore, general (died 1809)
[edit] Deaths
- 4 January - Stephen Hales, physiologist, chemist, and inventor (born 1677)
- 10 January - Edward Boscawen, admiral (born 1711)
- 9 April - William Law, minister (born 1686)
- 15 April - Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, politician (born 1682)
- 17 April
- Thomas Bayes, mathematician (born c.1702)
- Benjamin Hoadly, theologian, Bishop (born 1676)
- 14 May - Thomas Simpson, mathematician (born 1710)
- 4 July - Samuel Richardson, writer (born 1689)
- 30 November - John Dollond, optician (born 1706)
- 23 December - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Jacobite spy (born c.1725)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 320–321. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 222-224. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
[edit] See also
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