1763

1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).

Events

• February 10 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
• 15 February - the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies
• March 1 - Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom government
• May 7 - Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
• June 2 - Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
• June 28 – earthquake in Komarom, Hungary
• August 5 - Pontiac's War - Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run in the Pennsylvania backcountry.

• The Treaty of Paris signed by Great Britain, France and Spain brings an end to the Seven Years' War (also called the French and Indian War in the United States)
• First publication of Bayes' theorem
• Proclamation of 1763
• City of St. Louis Missouri founded

Births

• January 8 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (d. 1834)
• January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, French field marshal, King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (d. 1844)
• February 29 - Ann Lee, American religious leader (d. 1784)
• March 9 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
• March 13 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French soldier (d. 1815)
• March 21 - Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
• June 20 - Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
• June 23 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
• July 17 - John Jacob Astor, German-born entrepreneur (d. 1848)
• December 25 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (d. 1805)
• December 28 - John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 1836)

Deaths

• January 11 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
• January 22 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• January 29 - Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
• February 11 - William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
• February 12 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
• May 3 - George Psalmanazar, British impostor
• September 26 - John Byrom, English poet (b. 1692)
• October 28 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
• November 23 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)