January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
Day of death September 5, 1762
The temperature on September 5, 1762 was about 19.0 °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 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
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.
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