WHAT HAPPENED IN 1760.
Look what happened the 1760.

Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. (9. January 1760)

Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants. (28. January 1760)

The "Great Fire" of Boston, Massachusetts, destroys 349 buildings. (20. March 1760)

Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians. (4. June 1760)

Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut – Austria defeats Prussia. (23. June 1760)

Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War. (27. June 1760)

French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France. (8. July 1760)

Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon. (15. August 1760)

Seven Years' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin. (9. October 1760)

In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy. (10. October 1760)

George III becomes King of Great Britain. (25. October 1760)

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