1760. George III succeeds to the English throne on the death of his grandfather, George II.
Montreal captured by the English; completion of the conquest of Canada.
Battles of Liegnitz, Torgau, and Warburg; Berlin occupied by Austrians and Russians.
Destructive eruption of Vesuvius, February 21st.
Battle of Wandiwash, India; the English defeat the French.
1761. Pitt resigns from the British ministry.
Third Family Compact of the Bourbons of France, Spain, Naples, and Parma.
Belle-Isle captured from the French by the English.
Pondicherry surrendered to the English by the French.
Otis, at Boston, speaks against the Writs of Assistance.