1762 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Neolin begins to preach.
• January 4 - Britain declares war on Spain & Naples
• July 17 - Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.
• Empress Go-Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan
• British East India Company seizes the port city of Manila, Philippines from the Spaniards.

Ongoing events

• French and Indian War (1754-1763)
• Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

Births

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

Deaths

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