1763

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years:	1760 1761 1762 – 1763 – 1764 1765 1766

1763 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture –
Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science
Countries:
Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors
Category: Establishments – Disestablishments
Births – Deaths – Works

Year 1763 (MDCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

1 Events of 1763
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events of 1763

January–June

February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County. The county is named for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married King George III in 1761.
February 10 – French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
February 15 – The Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies.
February 23 – The Berbice Slave Uprising starts in the former Dutch colony of Berbice.
March 1 – Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the British government.
May 7 – Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
June 2 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
June 28 – An earthquake occurs in Komarom, Hungary.

July–December

August 5 – Pontiac's War – Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run in the Pennsylvania backcountry.
September 1 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
October 7 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is issued by King George III, restricting American settlement westward.

Undated

Bayes' theorem is first published.
Fire in Smyrna, Turkey destroys 2,600 houses.
Mir Kasim of Bengal destroys the English garrison in Patna.
The English defeat Mir Kasim at Katwah, Murshidabad, Giria, Sooty, Udayanala and Monghyr.
The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.

Births

**1763 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1763 MDCCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	2516
Armenian calendar	1212 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԲ
Bahá'í calendar	-81 – -80
Bengali calendar	1170
Berber calendar	2713
Buddhist calendar	2307
Burmese calendar	1125
Byzantine calendar	7271 – 7272
Chinese calendar	壬午年十一月十八日 (4399/4459-11-18) — to — 癸未年十一月廿七日 (4400/4460-11-27)
Coptic calendar	1479 – 1480
Ethiopian calendar	1755 – 1756
Hebrew calendar	5523 – 5524
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	1819 – 1820
- Shaka Samvat	1685 – 1686
- Kali Yuga	4864 – 4865
Holocene calendar	11763
Iranian calendar	1141 – 1142
Islamic calendar	1176 – 1177
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 13 (宝暦13年)
Korean calendar	4096
Thai solar calendar	2306

January 8 – Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (d. 1834)
January 24 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
January 26 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (d. 1844)
February 14 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
March 9 – William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
March 13 – Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, Marshal of France (d. 1815)
March 21 – Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
May 7 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (d. 1813)
May 21 – Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
June 20 – Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
June 23 – Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
July 17 – John Jacob Astor, German-born entrepreneur (d. 1848)
August 17 – Dmitry Senyavin, Russian admiral (d. 1831)
December 25 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (d. 1805)
December 28 – John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 1836)
December 31 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)

Deaths

January 11 – Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
January 22 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
January 29 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
February 11 – William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
February 12 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
May 3 – George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. c. 1679)
August 21 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
September 26 – John Byrom, English poet (b. 1692)
October 28 – Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
November 23 – Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
December 17 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (b. 1722)
December 23 – Antoine François Prévost, writer (b. 1697)