Timeline October 1760

Events in October 1760 10

• 1683 – 1760 George II of Great Britain (1683-1760) Died 25 October 1760, aged 76 George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover from 1727. He was the last British monarch to lead an army in battle, at Dettingen in 1743. He died at Kensington Palace, and his grandson George III succeeded him.
• 1683 – 1760 George II of Great Britain (1683-1760) Died 25 October 1760, aged 76 George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover from 1727. He was the last British monarch to lead an army in battle, at Dettingen in 1743. He died at Kensington Palace, and his grandson George III succeeded him.
• 1760 Russian and Austrian raid on Berlin Prussian capital briefly occupied Russian and Austrian troops occupied Berlin for several days, collected a large ransom and destroyed arsenals and military stores. They left when Frederick II's army approached.
• 1760 Russian and Austrian raid on Berlin Prussian capital briefly occupied Russian and Austrian troops occupied Berlin for several days, collected a large ransom and destroyed arsenals and military stores. They left when Frederick II's army approached.
• 1760 Battle of Kloster Kampen French repulse an allied attack on the Rhine A French army under the Marquis de Castries defeated the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick near Rheinberg. The defeat forced the allies to abandon the siege of Wesel.
• 1760 Battle of Kloster Kampen French repulse an allied attack on the Rhine A French army under the Marquis de Castries defeated the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick near Rheinberg. The defeat forced the allies to abandon the siege of Wesel.
• 1760 Accession of George III George III becomes King of Great Britain George III succeeded his grandfather George II as King of Great Britain and Ireland. He was the first Hanoverian monarch born in Britain who spoke English as his first language, and his reign of nearly sixty years became one of the longest in British history.
• 1760 Accession of George III George III becomes King of Great Britain George III succeeded his grandfather George II as King of Great Britain and Ireland. He was the first Hanoverian monarch born in Britain who spoke English as his first language, and his reign of nearly sixty years became one of the longest in British history.
• 1760 – 1849 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai was an Edo-period artist who worked in painting, book illustration and woodblock prints. His landscape series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa, made him one of the best-known Japanese artists in the world.
• 1760 Katsushika Hokusai is born in Edo Born in the Katsushika district of Edo, present-day Tokyo Hokusai was born in Edo, the shogun's capital. He later took his family name, Katsushika, from the district where he was born.