Timeline January 1761

Events in January 1761 10

• 1684 – 1761 Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684-1761) Died 26 January 1761, aged 76 Marshal of France and grandson of Nicolas Fouquet. He led the French in the War of the Austrian Succession, including the retreat from Prague in 1742. He served as Louis XV's Secretary of State for War from 1758 until his death.
• 1684 – 1761 Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684-1761) Died 26 January 1761, aged 76 Marshal of France and grandson of Nicolas Fouquet. He led the French in the War of the Austrian Succession, including the retreat from Prague in 1742. He served as Louis XV's Secretary of State for War from 1758 until his death.
• 1711 – 1761 Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) Died 10 January 1761, aged 49 British admiral known as Old Dreadnought. He took Louisbourg in 1758 and destroyed a French fleet at Lagos in 1759. He died of typhoid fever at Hatchlands Park.
• 1711 – 1761 Edward Boscawen (1711-1761) Died 10 January 1761, aged 49 British admiral known as Old Dreadnought. He took Louisbourg in 1758 and destroyed a French fleet at Lagos in 1759. He died of typhoid fever at Hatchlands Park.
• 1730 – 1761 Sadashivrao Bhau (1730-1761) Died 14 January 1761, aged 30 Maratha general and cousin of Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao. He commanded the Maratha army at the Third Battle of Panipat. He was killed in the battle and his body was found on the field.
• 1730 – 1761 Sadashivrao Bhau (1730-1761) Died 14 January 1761, aged 30 Maratha general and cousin of Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao. He commanded the Maratha army at the Third Battle of Panipat. He was killed in the battle and his body was found on the field.
• 1761 Third Battle of Panipat Afghan forces crush the Maratha army north of Delhi The Durrani army of Ahmad Shah Abdali, allied with the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh, defeated the Maratha Confederacy under Sadashivrao Bhau at Panipat. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the eighteenth century, and tens of thousands of Marathas were killed in the battle and the massacres that followed. The defeat halted Maratha expansion into northern India for a decade.
• 1761 Third Battle of Panipat Afghan forces crush the Maratha army north of Delhi The Durrani army of Ahmad Shah Abdali, allied with the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh, defeated the Maratha Confederacy under Sadashivrao Bhau at Panipat. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the eighteenth century, and tens of thousands of Marathas were killed in the battle and the massacres that followed. The defeat halted Maratha expansion into northern India for a decade.
• 1761 British capture Pondicherry The French capital in India surrenders after a long siege The comte de Lally surrendered Pondicherry to British forces under Eyre Coote after a siege and blockade lasting several months. The British then razed the town's fortifications. The fall of Pondicherry ended French hopes of a territorial empire in India.
• 1761 British capture Pondicherry The French capital in India surrenders after a long siege The comte de Lally surrendered Pondicherry to British forces under Eyre Coote after a siege and blockade lasting several months. The British then razed the town's fortifications. The fall of Pondicherry ended French hopes of a territorial empire in India.