1762

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s  1740s  1750s  – 1760s –  1770s  1780s  1790s
Years:	1759 1760 1761 – 1762 – 1763 1764 1765

Events

• Ongoing
  • Seven Years War (1756 - 1763)

Births

• August 12 – King George IV of the United Kingdom, Prince of Wales (d. 1830)
• November 1 – Spencer Perceval, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)

Deaths

• Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher