Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s Years: 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 - 1762 - 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 Ongoing events French and Indian War (1754-1763) Seven Years' War (1756-1763) Events: Neolin begins to preach. January 4 - England declares war on Spain & Naples July 17 - Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia. Empress Go-Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan Births May 19 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher (+ 1814) August 12 - King George IV of the United Kingdom September 11 - Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet, dramatist (+ 1851) October 23 - Samuel Morey, American inventor Deaths February 11 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer. Elizabeth of Russia Emperor Momozono of Japan Monarchs/Presidents China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796) Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786) Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland) Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to 1771)\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.