January 8 » The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
March 10 » An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
July 11 » Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
August 5 » Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
Day of marriage January 8, 1761
The temperature on January 8, 1761 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southeast by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
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