* 1761 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar ( b. 1691 )

* 1761 – Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer ( d. 1800 )

* 1689 – Samuel Richardson, English writer ( d. 1761 )

* 1711 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral ( d. 1761 )

Bertrand Andrieu ( November 4, 1761 – December 10, 1822 ) was a French engraver of medals from Bordeaux.

The term Bayesian refers to Thomas Bayes ( 1702 – 1761 ), who proved a special case of what is now called Bayes ' theorem in a paper titled " An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances ".

* 1761 – Seven Years ' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.

* 1761 – Marie Tussaud, French creator of wax sculptures ( Madame Tussauds ) ( d. 1850 )

* 1830 – Pope Pius VIII ( b. 1761 )

* 1761 – Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer ( d. 1831 )

* 1761 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist ( d. 1835 )

* 1761 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander ( d. 1818 )

* 1761 – Erik Tulindberg, Finnish composer ( d. 1814 )

* 1761 – Jacob Kimball, Jr., American composer ( d. 1826 )

* 1714 – Gioacchino Conti, Italian soprano castrato ( d. 1761 )

* 1761 – Charles Pichegru, French general ( d. 1804 )

* George Clinton ( Royal Navy officer ) ( 1686 – 1761 ), British colonial governor of New York

Other notable writers in the continental tradition include Jan Potocki ( 1761 – 1815 ).

Scottish politics in the late 18th century was dominated by the Whigs, with the benign management of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll ( 1682 – 1761 ), who was in effect the " viceroy of Scotland " from the 1720s until his death in 1761.

Hanover was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, and in 1765 – 1766 its first inhabitants arrived, the majority from Connecticut.

Image: SakaiHoitsuAutumnFlowersandMoon. JPG | Rimpa school, " Autumn Flowers and Moon ", Sakai Hoitsu, ( 1761 – 1828 ), Japanese

* 1761 – Jens Zetlitz, Norwegian priest and poet ( d. 1821 )

* 1761 – Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer ( d. 1820 )

* 1761 – Samuel Richardson, English writer ( b. 1689 )

* November 30 – Pope Pius VIII ( b. 1761 )

In March 1761, shortly after his death, Pope Clement XIII rejected the succession of Clemens August's brother Cardinal John Theodore of Bavaria as Archbishop and Prince-Elector of Cologne since the pope entertained some doubt on John Theodore's " moral conduct ".

Pope Pius VIII ( 20 November 1761 – 30 November 1830 ), born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni was Pope in 1829 and 1830.

( 1761 – 1850 ), who founded the Marianist order in 1817, and who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2000.

Instruction " in all the sciences and the gentlemanly arts " according to a description of 1761, was entrusted to brothers of the Somaschi, a religious order of teaching brothers established during the Counter-Reformation, which had been authorized by Pope Pius V in 1568 ; they proved themselves expert in establishing seminaries.

Thus, in the broadest sense, the first electrified musical instrument was the Denis d ' or, dating from 1753, followed shortly by the Clavecin électrique by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste de Laborde in 1761.

* 1761 – James Hall, Scottish geologist ( d. 1832 )

* 1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist ( d. 1761 )

* 1761 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist and author ( d. 1819 )

* 1761 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General ( d. 1828 )

* 1706 – Carlo Cecere, Italian composer of operas, concertos and instrumental duets ( d. 1761 )

* 1761 – John Moore, British general ( d. 1809 )

* 1682 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian ( d. 1761 )

* April 9 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar ( d. 1761 )

* January 7 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist ( d. 1761 )

* September 17 – Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor ( d. 1761 )

He was educated at the Collège des Quatre-Nations ( also known as Collège Mazarin ) from 1754 to 1761, studying chemistry, botany, astronomy, and mathematics.

The Third Battle of Panipat ( January 1761 ), fought between largely Muslim and largely Hindu armies was waged along a twelve-kilometer front.

In the late 1750s he began composing symphonies, and by 1761 he had composed a triptych ( Morning, Noon, and Evening ) solidly in the " contemporary " mode.

The opening of the Sankey Canal in 1757, followed by the Bridgewater Canal in 1761, which halved the price of coal in Liverpool and Manchester England, respectively, triggered a period of " canal mania " in Britain so that between 1760 and 1820 over one hundred canals were built.

In 1757, he engaged in a bitter dispute with playwright Carlo Gozzi, which left him utterly disgusted with the tastes of his countrymen ; so much so that in 1761 he moved to Paris, where he received a position at court and was put in charge of the Theatre Italien.

He would prove to be a " dedicated academician ", regularly attending meetings for fifty years, and functioning successively as counsellor, treasurer, and secretary, overseeing in 1761 the installation of Salon exhibitions.

Beginning in 1761, his responsibilities on behalf of the Salon, simultaneously arranging the exhibitions and acting as treasurer, resulted in a diminution of productivity in painting, and the showing of ' replicas ' of previous works.

Nevertheless, all the distinctive Christadelphian doctrines, down to interpretations of specific verses, can be found particularly among 16th century Socinian writers ( e. g. the rejection of the doctrines of the trinity, pre-existence of Christ, immortal souls, a literal hell of fire, original sin ) Christian Thomasius ( 1704 ), Arthur Ashley Sykes ( 1737 ), Nathaniel Lardner ( 1742 ), Dr. Richard Mead ( 1755 ), Hugh Farmer ( at least in the account of Christ's temptation ; 1761 ), William Ashdowne ( 1791 ), John Simpson ( 1804 ) and John Epps ( 1842 )

In 1761 during the Seven Years War a British expedition against Dominica led by Lord Rollo was successful and the island was conquered along with several other Caribbean islands.

Though the original draft was written in 1761, he made additions to it year after year until his death twenty-three years later.

In France, there was Lettres persanes ( 1721 ) by Montesquieu, followed by Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse ( 1761 ) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Laclos ' Les Liaisons dangereuses ( 1782 ), which used the epistolary form to great dramatic effect, because the sequence of events was not always related directly or explicitly.