March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
Day of marriage December 3, 1762
The temperature on December 3, 1762 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
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