Timeline August 1762

Events in August 1762 4

• 1689 – 1762 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) Died 21 August 1762, aged 73 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English writer best known for her letters from the Ottoman Empire and for championing smallpox inoculation in Britain after observing the practice in Istanbul. Her advocacy helped introduce variolation to English medicine decades before Jenner's vaccine. She died in London on 21 August 1762.
• 1762 British Forces Capture Havana Siege ends Spanish control of Cuba's capital A British expeditionary force landed near Havana in June 1762 and besieged the city for two months during the Seven Years' War. Havana surrendered on 13 August 1762, giving Britain control of a major Spanish naval base and trading port. The city was returned to Spain the following year in exchange for Florida.
• 1762 Parlement of Paris Dissolves the Jesuit Order in France Ruling strips the Society of Jesus of its legal standing The Parlement of Paris ruled on 6 August 1762 that the Society of Jesus was incompatible with French law, confiscating its property and closing its colleges. The decision followed years of pressure from Jansenists and philosophes and preceded the order's wider suppression across Catholic Europe. Jesuits were formally expelled from France two years later.
• 1762 – 1830 George IV of the United Kingdom (1762-1830) Died 26 June 1830, aged 67 George IV ruled as Prince Regent during his father George III's illness and then as king from 1820. His reign saw Catholic emancipation and major architectural projects including Buckingham Palace's renovation, but his extravagance and troubled marriage made him widely unpopular. He was succeeded by his brother William IV.