February 3 » The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
February 15 » Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
June 14 » King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
July 1 » Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
August 24 » Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
September 25 » Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
Day of death January 14, 1763
The temperature on January 14, 1763 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
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