Timeline June 1760

Events in June 1760 4

• 1760 Macpherson publishes Fragments of Ancient Poetry The Ossian poems first appear James Macpherson published Fragments of Ancient Poetry in Edinburgh and presented them as translations of old Gaelic verse. The work led to the Ossian cycle, which had great influence on European Romanticism and was soon disputed as largely Macpherson's own invention.
• 1760 Macpherson publishes Fragments of Ancient Poetry The Ossian poems first appear James Macpherson published Fragments of Ancient Poetry in Edinburgh and presented them as translations of old Gaelic verse. The work led to the Ossian cycle, which had great influence on European Romanticism and was soon disputed as largely Macpherson's own invention.
• 1760 Battle of Landeshut Austrians destroy a Prussian corps in Silesia An Austrian army under Ernst Gideon von Laudon surrounded and destroyed the Prussian corps of General Fouqué at Landeshut. Fouqué was captured, and the Austrians gained an opening into Silesia.
• 1760 Battle of Landeshut Austrians destroy a Prussian corps in Silesia An Austrian army under Ernst Gideon von Laudon surrounded and destroyed the Prussian corps of General Fouqué at Landeshut. Fouqué was captured, and the Austrians gained an opening into Silesia.