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October 5: Princess Isabella of Parma marries Archduke Joseph of Austria to strengthen the Franco-Austrian Alliance.
1760 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1760
MDCCLX
Ab urbe condita2513
Armenian calendar1209
ԹՎ ՌՄԹ
Assyrian calendar6510
Balinese saka calendar1681–1682
Bengali calendar1167
Berber calendar2710
British Regnal year33 Geo. 2 – 1 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2304
Burmese calendar1122
Byzantine calendar7268–7269
Chinese calendar己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
4457 or 4250
    — to —
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
4458 or 4251
Coptic calendar1476–1477
Discordian calendar2926
Ethiopian calendar1752–1753
Hebrew calendar5520–5521
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1816–1817
 - Shaka Samvat1681–1682
 - Kali Yuga4860–4861
Holocene calendar11760
Igbo calendar760–761
Iranian calendar1138–1139
Islamic calendar1173–1174
Japanese calendarHōreki 10
(宝暦10年)
Javanese calendar1685–1686
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4093
Minguo calendar152 before ROC
民前152年
Nanakshahi calendar292
Thai solar calendar2302–2303
Tibetan calendar阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
1886 or 1505 or 733
    — to —
阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1887 or 1506 or 734
June 4: Evangeline statue commemorates the Expulsion of the Acadians.

1760 (MDCCLX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1760th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 760th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1760, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Births

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Jiaqing Emperor

Deaths

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George II of Great Britain

References

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