- Jan 8 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth
- Jan 9 Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat
- Jan 22 Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French
- Jan 28 Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants
- Feb 16 Native American hostages killed in Fort Prince George, South Carolina
- Mar 20 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
- Jun 4 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians
- Jun 10 NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
- Jun 23 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia
- Jul 19 The formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders
- Jul 26 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie
- Aug 7 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
- Aug 15 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia
- Aug 21 The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.
- Sep 8 French army surrenders Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst
- Sep 28 Russian & Austrian armies occupy Berlin
- Oct 2 Russian and Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13]
- Oct 9 7 Years' War: Russian and Austrian forces occupy Berlin [OS=Sep 28]
- Oct 10 Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves)
- Oct 13 Russian and Austrian army evacuates Berlin
- Oct 23 First Jewish prayer books printed in North America
Event of Interest
Oct 25 George III becomes King of Great Britain