1760s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years:	1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1760s was a decade that began on 1 January 1760 and ended on 31 December 1769.

Events and trends

King George III takes the British throne in 1760. The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) comes to an end. France gives Canada to Britain, but criticism of the government still grows, led by the controversial figure of John Wilkes. Meanwhile, there is increasing unrest in Britain's American colonies. King George III died later in 1820.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years:	1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments