1762

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1762 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1762 MDCCLXII
Ab urbe condita	2515
Armenian calendar	1211 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԱ
Assyrian calendar	6512
Balinese saka calendar	1683–1684
Bengali calendar	1168–1169
Berber calendar	2712
British Regnal year	2 Geo. 3 – 3 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2306
Burmese calendar	1124
Byzantine calendar	7270–7271
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4459 or 4252     — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4460 or 4253
Coptic calendar	1478–1479
Discordian calendar	2928
Ethiopian calendar	1754–1755
Hebrew calendar	5522–5523
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1818–1819
- Shaka Samvat	1683–1684
- Kali Yuga	4862–4863
Holocene calendar	11762
Igbo calendar	762–763
Iranian calendar	1140–1141
Islamic calendar	1175–1176
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 12 (宝暦１２年)
Javanese calendar	1687–1688
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4095
Minguo calendar	150 before ROC 民前150年
Nanakshahi calendar	294
Thai solar calendar	2304–2305
Tibetan calendar	阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1888 or 1507 or 735     — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1889 or 1508 or 736

1762 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1762 MDCCLXII
Ab urbe condita	2515
Armenian calendar	1211 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԱ
Assyrian calendar	6512
Balinese saka calendar	1683–1684
Bengali calendar	1168–1169
Berber calendar	2712
British Regnal year	2 Geo. 3 – 3 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2306
Burmese calendar	1124
Byzantine calendar	7270–7271
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4459 or 4252     — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4460 or 4253
Coptic calendar	1478–1479
Discordian calendar	2928
Ethiopian calendar	1754–1755
Hebrew calendar	5522–5523
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1818–1819
- Shaka Samvat	1683–1684
- Kali Yuga	4862–4863
Holocene calendar	11762
Igbo calendar	762–763
Iranian calendar	1140–1141
Islamic calendar	1175–1176
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 12 (宝暦１２年)
Javanese calendar	1687–1688
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4095
Minguo calendar	150 before ROC 民前150年
Nanakshahi calendar	294
Thai solar calendar	2304–2305
Tibetan calendar	阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1888 or 1507 or 735     — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1889 or 1508 or 736

1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).

Events

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau first publishes The Social Contract (Du Contrat Social).
• Neolin begins to preach.
• Empress Go-Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Emperor Momozono
• British East India Company seizes the port city of Manila, Philippines from the Spaniards.
• The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III of the United Kingdom, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784.
• Great Britain Seizes Havana and makes it an Open Port

January

• January 4 - Britain declares war on Spain and Naples
• January 5 - Death of the Empress Elisabeth of Russia, who is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick the Great, immediately opens peace negotiations with the Prussians

May

• May 15 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg ends the war between Russia and Prussia.
• May 22 - The Treaty of Hamburg takes Sweden out of the war against Prussia.

June

• June 24 - Battle of Wilhelmstal. The Anglo-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats the French forces in Westphalia. The British commander Lord Granby distinguishes himself.

July

• July 9 - Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the deposition of her husband Peter III. The incipient Russo-Prussian alliance falls apart, but Russia does not rejoin the war.
• July 21 - Battle of Burkersdorf. In his last major battle, Frederick defeats Marshal Daun in Silesia.

August

• August 10 - British forces seize Havana.

September

• September 15 - Battle of Signal Hill

October

• October 5 - The British take Manila.
• October 29. Battle of Freiberg - Prince Henry of Prussia, Frederick's brother, defeats the Austrian army of Marshal Serbelloni.

Ongoing events

• French and Indian War (1754-1763)
• Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

Births

• April 29 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (died 1833)
• May 19 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (died 1814)
• August 12 - King George IV of the United Kingdom (died 1830)
• September 11 - Joanna Baillie, Scottish writer (died 1851)
• October 23 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (died 1843)
• October 30 - André Chénier, French writer (died 1794)
• November 1 - Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1812)

Deaths

• January 5 - Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• January 11 - Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
• February 11 - Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690)
• February 12 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
• February 20 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)
• March 21 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713)
• May 26 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)
• June 17 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
• June 19 - Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b. 1702)
• July 13 - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)
• July 28 - George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691)
• August 21 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)
• September 17 - Francesco Geminiani, Italian composer (b. 1687)
• October 6 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
• Emperor Momozono of Japan (b. 1741)