1760 General Lally defeated in the East Indies. Canada surrendered to the English.—Capitulation signed 8th September.
1762 War declared against Spain. The Hermione, a Spanish ship taken, valued at near £1,200,000. Manilla taken from the Spaniards. Havana taken from the Spaniards. Preliminaries of peace between England and France signed at Fontainbleau, November 3. Martinico and Guadaloupe taken by the French.
1763 Peace proclaimed between England, France, and Spain.
1764 The longitude found at sea by means of Harrison’s time-piece. The massacre of Patna in the East Indies, where 4,000 of the garrison and inhabitants were put to the sword.
1765 Otaheite discovered by Captain Willis.
1766 The American Stamp Act repealed. Gibraltar nearly destroyed by a storm.
1769 New Zealand explored by Captain Cook. Electricity of the Aurora Borealis discovered. Stratford Jubilee held in honour of Shakspeare.
1771 Falkland islands seized by the Spaniards.
1772 Negroes adjudged free, in England. Solway moss began to flow.
1773 A large quantity of tea belonging to the East India Company, destroyed at Boston by the citizens.