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1761 (MDCCLXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1761st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 761st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of … See more
January–March
• January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II See more• January 17 – James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832)
• February 1 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. See more• January 4 – Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (b. 1677)
• January 7 – Darkey Kelly, Irish madam and serial … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license