Timeline December 1761

Events in December 1761 3

• 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.
• 1761 Russians capture Kolberg The Pomeranian port falls after a long siege Russian forces under Pyotr Rumyantsev forced the surrender of the Prussian fortress port of Kolberg on the Baltic. Russia gained a supply base in Pomerania and left Frederick the Great close to collapse. Prussia was saved weeks later when Empress Elizabeth died and Russia left the war.
• 1761 Russians capture Kolberg The Pomeranian port falls after a long siege Russian forces under Pyotr Rumyantsev forced the surrender of the Prussian fortress port of Kolberg on the Baltic. Russia gained a supply base in Pomerania and left Frederick the Great close to collapse. Prussia was saved weeks later when Empress Elizabeth died and Russia left the war.