1762

{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;"\n|- \n| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1759 1760 1761 - 1762 - 1763 1764 1765\n|-\n| align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s\n|- \n| align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century

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1762 in art
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\n1762 in music
\n1762 in science
\n----\nList of state leaders in 1762
\nList of religious leaders in 1762
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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

\n*Neolin begins to preach. \n*January 4 - Britain declares war on Spain & Naples \n* July 17 - Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia. \n*Empress Go-Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan

Ongoing events

\n* French and Indian War (1754-1763) \n* Seven Years' War (1756-1763) \n

Births

\n* May 19 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher (+ 1814)\n* August 12 - King George IV of the United Kingdom\n* September 11 - Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet, dramatist (+ 1851)\n* October 23 - Samuel Morey, American inventor

Deaths

\n*January 5 - Elizabeth of Russia\n*February 11 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer.\n*Emperor Momozono of Japan \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n