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Year '''1763''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCLXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the 11-day slower [[Julian calendar]]).
== Events of 1763 ==
===January - June===
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* [[February 1]] - The [[Royal Colony of North Carolina]] officially creates [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]] from the western portion of [[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]. The county is named for Queen [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Charlotte]] of [[Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], who married [[King George III]] in [[1761]].
* [[February 10]] - [[French and Indian War]]: The [[1763 Treaty of Paris]] ends the war and [[France]] cedes [[Canada]] to [[Great Britain]].
* [[February 15]] - the [[Treaty of Hubertusburg]] puts an end to the [[Seven Years' War]] between [[Prussia]] and [[Austria]] and their allies.
* [[February 23]] - [[Berbice Slave Uprising]] starts in the former [[Netherlands|Dutch]] colony of [[Berbice]].
* [[March 1]] - [[Charles Townshend]] becomes [[President of the Board of Trade]] in the [[British government]].
* [[May 7]] - [[Chief Pontiac]] begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at [[Detroit, Michigan|Fort Detroit]].
* [[June 2]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]]: At what is now [[Mackinaw City, Michigan]], [[Chippewa]]s capture [[Fort Michilimackinac]] by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of [[lacrosse]], then chasing a ball into the fort.
* [[June 28]] - [[Earthquake]] occurs in [[Komarom]], [[Hungary]].
===July - December===
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* [[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.
* [[September 1]] - [[Catherine II of Russia]] endorses [[Ivan Betskoy]]'s plans for a [[Foundling Home in Moscow]]
* [[October 7]] - The [[Royal Proclamation of 1763]] is issued by [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].
===Undated===
* First publication is made of [[Bayes' theorem]].
* Fire in [[Smyrna]], [[Turkey]] destroys 2,600 houses.
* Mir Kasim of Bengal destroys the English garrison in Patna.
* The English defeat Mir Kasim at Katwah, Murshidabad, Giria, Sooty, Udayanala and Monghyr.
==Births==
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* [[January 8]] - [[Edmond Charles Genêt]], French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (died [[1834]])
* [[January 24]] - [[Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron]], Russian general (died [[1831]])
* [[January 26]] - [[Charles XIV John of Sweden|Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte]], [[Marshal of France]], King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (died [[1844]])
* [[February 14]] - [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]], French general (died [[1813]])
* [[March 9]] - [[William Cobbett]], English journalist and author (died [[1835]])
* [[March 13]] - [[Guillaume Marie Anne Brune]], Marshal of France (died [[1815]])
* [[March 21]] - [[Jean Paul]], German writer (died [[1825]])
* [[May 7]] - [[Józef Antoni Poniatowski]], Polish prince and Marshal of France (died [[1813]])
* [[May 21]] - [[Joseph Fouché]], French statesman (died [[1820]])
* [[June 20]] - [[Theobald Wolfe Tone]], Irish patriot (died [[1798]])
* [[June 23]] - [[Josephine de Beauharnais]], Empress of France (died [[1814]])
* [[July 17]] - [[John Jacob Astor]], German-born entrepreneur (died [[1848]])
* [[August 17]] - [[Dmitry Senyavin]], Russian admiral (died [[1831]])
* [[December 25]] - [[Claude Chappe]], French telecommunication pioneer (died [[1805]])
* [[December 28]] - [[John Molson]], Canadian entrepreneur (died [[1836]])
* [[December 31]] - [[Pierre-Charles Villeneuve]], French admiral (died [[1806]])
: ''See also [[:Category: 1763 births]].''
==Deaths==
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*[[January 11]] - [[Caspar Abel]], German theologian, historian, and poet (born [[1676]])
*[[January 22]] - [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]], English statesman (born [[1690]])
*[[January 29]] - [[Louis Racine]], French poet (born [[1692]])
*[[February 11]] - [[William Shenstone]], English poet (born [[1714]])
*[[February 12]] - [[Pierre de Marivaux]], French writer (born [[1688]])
*[[May 3]] - [[George Psalmanazar]], British impostor (born c.[[1679]])
*[[August 21]] - [[Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont]], British statesman (born [[1710]])
*[[September 26]] - [[John Byrom]], English poet (born [[1692]])
*[[October 28]] - [[Heinrich, count von Brühl]], German statesman (born [[1700]])
*[[November 23]] - [[Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf]], German soldier (born [[1673]])
*[[December 17]] - [[Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony]] (born [[1722]])
*[[December 23]] - [[Antoine François Prévost]], writer (born [[1697]])
: ''See also [[:Category: 1763 deaths]].''
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