1763 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1763?
- February 10, 1763 – French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
- May 7, 1763 – Indian Wars: Pontiac’s Rebellion begins – Chief Pontiac begins the “Conspiracy of Pontiac” by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
- May 18, 1763 – Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
- June 2, 1763 – 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, 1763 – A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary.
- August 5, 1763 – Pontiac’s War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac’s Indians at Bushy Run.
- September 1, 1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy’s plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
- October 7, 1763 – George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
- December 2, 1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States.
Who Were Born In The Year 1763?
- January 8, 1763 – Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
- January 24, 1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
- January 26, 1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden, Napoleonic general (d. 1844)
- February 9, 1763 – Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
- February 14, 1763 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
- March 9, 1763 – William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
- March 21, 1763 – Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
- May 11, 1763 – János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
- May 21, 1763 – Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
- June 13, 1763 – José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman (d. 1838)
- June 15, 1763 – Kobayashi Issa, Japanese haiku poet (d. 1827)
- June 20, 1763 – Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
- June 21, 1763 – Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (d. 1845)
- June 23, 1763 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon I Bonaparte (d. 1814)
- July 17, 1763 – John Jacob Astor, American businessman (d. 1848)
- July 29, 1763 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1845)
- July 30, 1763 – Samuel Rogers, English poet (d. 1855)
- December 25, 1763 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)
- December 28, 1763 – John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer (d. 1836)
- December 31, 1763 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
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