1762

1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).

Jean-Jacques Rousseau first publishes The Social Contract (Du Contrat Social).
Neolin begins to preach.
Empress Go-Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Emperor Momozono
British East India Company seizes the port city of Manila, Philippines from the Spaniards.
The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III of the United Kingdom, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784.
Great Britain Seizes Havana and makes it an Open Port

January 4 - Britain declares war on Spain and Naples
January 5 - Death of the Empress Elisabeth of Russia, who is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick the Great, immediately opens peace negotiations with the Prussians

May 15 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg ends the war between Russia and Prussia.
May 22 - The Treaty of Hamburg takes Sweden out of the war against Prussia.

June 24 - Battle of Wilhelmstal. The Anglo-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats the French forces in Westphalia. The British commander Lord Granby distinguishes himself.

July 9 - Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the deposition of her husband Peter III. The incipient Russo-Prussian alliance falls apart, but Russia does not rejoin the war.
July 21 - Battle of Burkersdorf. In his last major battle, Frederick defeats Marshal Daun in Silesia.

October 5 - The British take Manila.
October 29. Battle of Freiberg - Prince Henry of Prussia, Frederick's brother, defeats the Austrian army of Marshal Serbelloni.

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