Year by year · 18th century

1762

1762 in world history: 5 events, 13 births, 5 deaths, 1 work, 4 states founded and 4 that came to an end. 1,291 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 22 May

    Treaty of Hamburg takes Sweden out of the Seven Years' War

    Sweden made peace with Prussia, restoring the pre-war borders. With Russia's withdrawal that same month, the treaty relieved Frederick the Great of two enemies.

    British EmpireSeven Years' WarHamburgSweden

  2. 17 July

    Deposed Tsar Peter III dies in captivity

    Days after his wife Catherine seized the throne in a coup, Peter III died at Ropsha, almost certainly murdered by her supporters. Catherine the Great went on to rule Russia for 34 years.

    Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthCatherine the Great

  3. 5 October

    Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice premieres in Vienna

    Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice was first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Its simplicity and dramatic directness began Gluck's reform of opera away from showy vocal display.

    Vienna

  4. Treaty

    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)

    The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) was a secret agreement of 3 November 1762 in which France ceded Louisiana west of the Mississippi, together with New Orleans, to its ally Spain.

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In the profiles

Born in 1762 13

Died in 1762 5

Works 1

States founded 4

States that came to an end 4

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