* 1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer ( d. 1797 )

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

Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ( 1760 – 1820 ), Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.

* Cyril VI Tanas, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1724 – 1760

* 1760 – John Breckinridge, American politician and 5th United States Attorney General ( d. 1806 )

* 1760 – Joseph Graetz, German composer, organist, and music educator ( d. 1826 )

* 1760 – Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French royalist general and counterrevolutionary ( d. 1829 )

* 1835 – John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier ( b. 1760 )

The Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh was founded in 1760 – an institution that became the Edinburgh College of Art in 1907.

* Palmer, Robert R. The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760 – 1800.

* 1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer ( d. 1760 )

In Hesse-Kassel, the Landgrave Frederick II, ruled 1760 – 1785 as an enlightened despot, and raised money by renting soldiers ( called " Hessians ") to Great Britain to help fight the American Revolutionary War.

# 1750 – 1760 Sir Atwell Lake

# 1760 – 1770 Sir William Baker

* Palmer, Robert R. The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760 – 1800.

From circa 1450 – 1760, Zimbabwe gave way to the Kingdom of Mutapa.

In fact, during the reigns of the final three joint rulers ( 1760 – 1837 ), there was only one short visit, by George IV in 1821.

Saint Herman of Alaska ( born 1756 or 1760 in Serpukhov, Russia – died December 13 or November 15, 1837 on Spruce Island, Alaska ) was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.

The founder of Hasidism, Israel ben Eliezer ( 1698 – 1760 ), became known as the Baal Shem Tov ( the " Master of the Good Name ", abbreviated " Besht ").

Hasidic Judaism was founded by Yisroel ben Eliezer ( 1700 – 1760 ), also known as the Ba ' al Shem Tov ( or Besht ).

* 1760 – Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer ( d. 1837 )

* 1760 – Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.

* 1829 – István Pauli ( Pável ) Hungarian Slovene priest and writer ( b. 1760 )

In 1760 during the Seven Years ' War, Liegnitz was the site of the Battle of Liegnitz when Frederick's army defeated an Austrian army led by Laudon.

* 1760 – Seven Years ' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.

Dresden suffered heavy destruction in the Seven Years ' War ( 1756 – 1763 ), following its capture by Prussian forces, its subsequent re-capture, and a failed Prussian siege in 1760.

In 1760, during the Seven Years ' War, the Prussian-occupied town was bombarded by the Austrians.

It was seriously damaged by fire in 1760 during a bombardment by the French during the Seven Years ' War, was practically rebuilt, and was later ( 1885 – 1892 ) restored.

Other pioneers into the area in 1760 were the exiled French colonists from Nova Scotia, They became known as Acadians after being expelled by the English during the Seven Years ' War.

During the Seven Years ' War, in February 1760, the whole town was briefly captured and held to ransom by French troops landed from Francois Thurot's naval squadron, after the defenders ran out of ammunition.

The city is near the site of the 1760 Battle of the Thousand Islands between British and French forces during the Seven Years War ( also known in the US as the French and Indian War.

The Battle of Sainte-Foy, sometimes called the Battle of Quebec, was fought on April 28, 1760 near the British-held town of Quebec in the French province of Canada during the Seven Years ' War ( called the French and Indian War in the United States ).

Witnesses in 1760 said that the dome had been hit by more than 100 cannonballs fired by the Prussian army led by Friedrich II during the Seven Years ' War.

Despite the ongoing Seven Years ' War, Clinton was not called into a campaign until 1760.

* 1760: Berlin was briefly occupied by the Russian Army in the Raid on Berlin during the Seven Years ' War.

Starting at about age 15 during the French and Indian War ( part of the Seven Years War ), Brant took part with Mohawk and other Iroquois allies in a number of British actions against the French in Canada: James Abercrombie's 1758 expedition via Lake George that ended in utter defeat at Fort Carillon ; Johnson's 1759 Battle of Fort Niagara ; and Jeffery Amherst's 1760 expedition to Montreal via the St. Lawrence River.

Algonquin warriors continued to fight in alliance with France until the British conquest of Quebec in 1760 during the Seven Years ' War.

* Battle of Quebec ( 1760 ), also called the Battle of Sainte-Foy, French victory over British troops outside the city during the Seven Years ' War or French and Indian War

The financial needs of the Seven Years ' War led to a second ( 1756 – 1780 ), and then a third ( 1760 – 1763 ) " vingtième " being created.

* The Battle of Liegnitz ( 1760 ) was a battle in the Seven Years ' War

After Frederick II of Prussia had conquered Silesia in 1742, his fierce opponent Maria Theresa of Austria once again stroke back in the course of the Seven Years ' War: In 1760 Austrian troops under the command of field marshal Laudon invaded the province and on June 23 defeated a Prussian corps under Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué at the Battle of Landeshut.

By 1760 during the Seven Years War, the British, with the help of the Seneca, captured Fort Niagara from the French.

The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on June 23, 1760 during the Seven Years ' War.

The Battle of Warburg was a battle fought on 31 July 1760 during the Seven Years ' War.

After a period back at court, 38-year-old Zakhar held the command of a Russian corps of approximately 20, 000 soldiers who took part in the Raid on Berlin which briefly saw Austro-Russian forces capture the Prussian capital in 1760, during the very bloody and extensive European War ( over 1 million deaths ), known as Seven Years ' War, ( 1756 – 1763 ).

On 31 July 1760, during the Seven Years ' War, Warburg was the scene of a battle that now bears its name.