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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1762. 1762 (MDCCLXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    Silesian War, French and Indian War, Third Carnatic War, Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763), and Spanish–Portuguese War. Although the War of the Austrian Succession...
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    commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III. Under...
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    Events from the year 1762 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George III Governor of the Province of Quebec: Jeffery Amherst...
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  • The year 1762 in science and technology involved some significant events. Charles Bonnet's Considerations sur les corps organisées is published in Amsterdam...
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  • was later called the Seven Years' War. British forces occupied Manila from 1762 to 1764, however they were unable to extend their conquest outside of Manila...
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  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on November 3, 1762, was a secret agreement of 1762 in which the Kingdom of France ceded Louisiana to Spain. The treaty...
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  • (1761–1762) Lemar as Lord Smythe-Smith (1761–1762) Nicola Alexis as Lady Smythe-Smith (1761–1762) Harry Omosele as the Duke of Hastings (1761–1762) James...
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    The Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762) between 5 May and 24 November, was a military episode in the wider Fantastic War in which Spain and France were...
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    Peter III of Russia (category 1762 deaths)
    February [O.S. 10 February] 1728 – 17 July [O.S. 6 July] 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1762. April 27 – Rev. Hugh Blair is appointed first Professor of Rhetoric and...
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  • "1762 leto" (Bulgarian: 1762 лето [xiˈʎada i sɛdɛmˈstɔtin ˈʃɛstdɛsɛt i ˈftɔro ˈlɛto] or Песен за унищожението на Охридската патриаршия; Macedonian: 1762...
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    subcontinent owing to the repeated incursions of Ahmad Shah Durrani in February 1762. It is distinguished from the Chhota Ghalughara (the Smaller Massacre). Mostly...
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    Elizabeth of Russia (category 1762 deaths)
    December] 1709 – 5 January [O.S. 25 December] 1762) was Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian...
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  • Events from the year 1762 in art. The Trevi Fountain in Rome is completed after thirty years of work, with Nicola Salvi's design being modified by Giovanni...
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    The Treaty of Hamburg was signed on 22 May 1762 in Hamburg between Sweden and Prussia during the Pomeranian War, a theater of the Seven Years' War. The...
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    Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (18 May 1762 – 27 April 1841) was a French major general. He married Elisa Bonaparte, a sister of Napoleon. He was born in Ajaccio...
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  • Foundation. Aspinall, Arthur (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "COOPER, Edward Synge (1762-1830), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo and Boden Park, co. Westmeath". The History...
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  • Henry Drummond (13 January 1762 – 4 July 1794), of The Grange, near Alresford, Hampshire, was an English banker and politician who sat in the House of...
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  • Events in the year 1762 in Iceland. Monarch: Frederick V Governor of Iceland: Otto von Rantzau A census was conducted in Iceland, however it is considered...
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    7 Prague 6 5 4 3 2 1     The Battle of Burkersdorf took place on 21 July 1762 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). A Prussian...
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  • Svjat Dreams 1762–1991, known by fans as simply Svjat Dreams, was released in 1991, and is the 2nd studio album to be released by the group Mizar. It was...
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    Martinique was a military action that took place in January and February 1762. It was part of the Seven Years' War. After the surrender of Dominica to...
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  • Events from the year 1762 in Great Britain. Monarch – George III Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) (until 26 May); John...
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    Trevi Fountain (category Buildings and structures completed in 1762)
    designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 and several others. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161...
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  • The 1762 Arakan earthquake occurred at about 17:00 local time on 2 April, with an epicentre somewhere along the coast from Chittagong (modern Bangladesh)...
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    line of the Royal Navy. The vessel was laid down in 1751 and launched in 1762. Nicknamed Old Ironsides, she served in the American Revolutionary War, the...
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  • 1762 Russell, provisional designation 1953 TZ, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in...
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    The action of 30 October 1762 was a minor naval battle that was fought in the San Bernardino Strait off the coast of British-occupied Manila in the Philippines...
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    English: Mary Theresa Elisabeth Philippine Louise Josepha Joan; 20 March 1762 – 23 January 1770) was a daughter of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his...
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