1763

1763 (MDCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1763rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 763rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1763, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s  1740s  1750s  – 1760s –  1770s  1780s  1790s
Years:	1760 1761 1762 – 1763 – 1764 1765 1766

1763 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1763 MDCCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	2516
Armenian calendar	1212 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	6513
Balinese saka calendar	1684–1685
Bengali calendar	1170
Berber calendar	2713
British Regnal year	3 Geo. 3 – 4 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2307
Burmese calendar	1125
Byzantine calendar	7271–7272
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 4459 or 4399     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 4460 or 4400
Coptic calendar	1479–1480
Discordian calendar	2929
Ethiopian calendar	1755–1756
Hebrew calendar	5523–5524
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1819–1820
- Shaka Samvat	1684–1685
- Kali Yuga	4863–4864
Holocene calendar	11763
Igbo calendar	763–764
Iranian calendar	1141–1142
Islamic calendar	1176–1177
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 13 (宝暦１３年)
Javanese calendar	1688–1689
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4096
Minguo calendar	149 before ROC 民前149年
Nanakshahi calendar	295
Thai solar calendar	2305–2306
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1889 or 1508 or 736     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1890 or 1509 or 737

Events

• February 10 – French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
• 15 February – the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies
• March 1 – Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the British government
• May 7 – Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
• June 2 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
• June 28 – earthquake in Komarom, Hungary
• August 5 – Pontiac's War – Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Native Americans at Bushy Run in the Pennsylvania backcountry.

• The Treaty of Paris signed by Great Britain, France and Spain brings an end to the Seven Years' War (also called the French and Indian War in the United States)
• First publication of Bayes' theorem
• Proclamation of 1763

Births

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Deaths

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