* 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 – 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 )

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.

In 1761, during the Seven Years ' War, the town was captured after three subsequent sieges by the Russian commander Peter Rumyantsev.

Charles revived the Family Compact with France on 15 August 1761 and joined in the Seven Years ' War against Britain in 1762 ; the reformist policies he had espoused in Naples were pursued with similar energy in Spain, where he completely overhauled the cumbersome bureaucracy of the state.

First called Number Seven in a line of Connecticut River fort towns, Orford was incorporated in 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth and named for Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, who was England's first prime minister.

The brothers Samuel and John Pringle were English soldiers serving in the French and Indian War ( Seven Years ' War ) who in 1761 deserted their post at Fort Pitt ( present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ).

* Siege of Cassel ( 1761 ) during the Seven Years ' War

Imposition of such a tax on the colonies had been considered twice before the Seven Years ' War and once again in 1761.

He spent the remaining years of the Seven Years ' War ( 1761 to 1763 ) as a diplomat and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris that eventually conceded most of New France to the British Empire.

He is best known for his association with his brother-in-law William Pitt who he served with in government during Britain's participation in the Seven Years War between 1756 and 1761.

In 1761 Spain concluded an alliance with France by which Spain would enter the Seven Years ' War in an effort to prevent British hegemony.

On 1 December 1761 ; her father, a soldier named Joseph Grosholtz, was killed in the Seven Years ' War just two months before Marie was born.

He was appointed a major of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, on 20 December 1756, transferred to the 72nd Regiment of Foot on 9 May 1758, and on 14 December 1761, lieutenant-colonel of the 17th Regiment of Foot, before in May 1762, transferring to the 50th Regiment of Foot, with which regiment he served in Germany during the Seven Years War.

He served as ambassador extraordinary to Poland ( 1752 – 56 ), was recalled at the outbreak of the Seven Years War, was made a Chevalier des Ordres du Roi ( 1757 ), a lieutenant général ( 1760 ), commandant in Franche-Comté ( 1761 – 62 ), then after the peace, Governor of Saumurois ( 1770 ).

War again affected the city during 1756-1763, during the Seven Years ' War ; it was the scene of a battle in February 1761.

* The Anglo-Spanish War ( 1761 – 1763 ) was part of the Seven Years ' War

An elegy ‘ Aurelius ’ for Herring was printed in 1761 with the ‘ Original Poems and Translations ’ of Fawkes ; and reprinted in 1763 in the volume of ‘ Seven Sermons by Archbishop Herring ’.

The fort was built from 1759 to 1761 during the French and Indian War ( Seven Years War ), next to the site of former Fort Duquesne, at the confluence the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River.

During the Seven Years ' War the Regiment won its first formal Battle honour as part of the expedition that captured Belle Île from the French in 1761.

* Battle of Langensalza ( 1761 ), an engagement between French forces and allied Prussian and Hanoverian forces during the Seven Years ' War

During the Seven Years ' War, the Russian Baltic Sea fleet was active on the Pomeranian coast, helping the infantry to take Memel in 1757 and Kolberg in 1761.

In the Seven Years ' War Hood fought at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, and in 1761 Minerva recaptured after a long struggle, the 60-gun HMS Warwick of equal force, which had been captured by the French in 1756.

Magra entered the Royal Navy as ' Captain's Servant ' in May 1761 and served in European waters until the end of the Seven Years ' War.

The ruins of Pondicherry destroyed by the British in 1761 ( Seven Years War ).