Year by year · 18th century

1763

1763 in world history: 18 events, 9 births, 13 deaths, 1 work, 8 states founded and 4 that came to an end. 1,300 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 10 February

    Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War

    France ceded Canada and lands east of the Mississippi to Britain, and Spain gave up Florida. Britain emerged as the leading colonial power, though France kept its trading posts in India.

    British EmpireSeven Years' WarCanadaParis

  2. 2 June

    Ojibwe warriors seize Fort Michilimackinac

    During a game of baaga'adowe, a form of lacrosse, Ojibwe players chased the ball into the fort and took it by surprise. The attack was part of the wider uprising known as Pontiac's War.

  3. 7 October

    George III bars settlement west of the Appalachians

    After Britain gained France's North American territories, King George III issued a proclamation reserving the lands west of the Appalachians for Indigenous nations and forbidding settlement there. The restriction angered colonists.

    Royal Proclamation of 1763George III

  4. 2 December

    The Touro Synagogue is dedicated in Newport, Rhode Island

    The Jeshuat Israel congregation dedicated the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Peter Harrison and built from 1759 under the leadership of Isaac Touro. It is the oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States.

    Touro SynagogueNewport, Rhode Island

  5. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Hubertusburg

    The Treaty of Hubertusburg was signed on 15 February 1763 at a Saxon hunting lodge by Prussia, Austria and Saxony, ending the Seven Years' War in Central Europe.

  6. Battle

    Battle of Rakshasbhuvan

    The Battle of Rakshasbhuvan was fought in August 1763 on the Godavari between the Marathas under the young Peshwa Madhavrao I and the army of Nizam Ali Khan of Hyderabad.

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In the profiles

  • British EmpireTreaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War, stripping France of Canada
  • French EmpireTreaty of Paris cedes Canada and lands east of the Mississippi to Britain
  • Zand EmpireKarim Khan lets the British East India Company open a factory at Bushehr
  • New FranceThe Treaty of Paris cedes Canada to Britain
  • Kingdom of PrussiaThe Peace of Hubertusburg ends the Seven Years’ War; Prussia keeps Silesia
  • Kingdom of Great BritainThe Treaty of Paris gives Britain Canada and Florida
  • CircassiaRussia founds Mozdok, beginning its advance into Kabarda
  • Hyderabad StateNizam Ali Khan moves the capital to Hyderabad

Wars and longer events

Born in 1763 9

Died in 1763 13

Works 1

States founded 8

States that came to an end 4

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