1761

Events in 1761 1

• 1761 – 1850 Marie Tussaud (1761-1850) Died 16 April 1850, aged 88 Tussaud learned wax modelling in Paris, making death masks of guillotined figures during the French Revolution. She later toured her wax exhibition around Britain before settling it permanently on Baker Street in London in 1835, the foundation of the Madame Tussauds museum chain. She continued working on new figures until shortly before her death.