1762 in Great Britain
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1762 in Great Britain:

Other years

1760 | 1761 | 1762 | 1763 | 1764

Sport

1762 English cricket season

Events from the year 1762 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

• Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Whig (to 26 May), John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Tory

Events

British East India Company seizes Manila.

• 4 January - Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.^[1]
• 10 March - Seven Years' War - Britain captures Grenada from France.^[2]
• May - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne resigns as is succeeded John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute as Prime Minister.^[1]
• 22 May - Royal family first takes up residence at Buckingham House.^[2]
• 24 June - Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Wilhelmstahl, the Anglo-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats the French forces in Westphalia. The British commander Lord Granby distinguishes himself.
• 10 August - Seven Years' War: In the Battle of Manila, British forces seize Havana from Spain.^[1]
• 15 September - French and Indian War: Battle of Signal Hill is fought between France and Britain in North America.
• 5 October - The British take Manila and make it an Open Port.^[1]

Undated

• The Equitable Life Assurance Society founded in London.^[1]
• John Wilkes founds the radical newspaper The North Briton.

Births

• 12 August - King George IV of the United Kingdom (died 1830)
• 11 September - Joanna Baillie, writer (died 1851)
• 24 September - William Lisle Bowles, poet and critic (died 1850)
• 21 October - George Colman the Younger, dramatist and miscellaneous writer (died 1836)
• 1 November - Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1812)

• William Dawes, Royal Marine officer (died 1836)

Deaths

• 3 February - Beau Nash, dandy (born 1674)
• 13 July - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (born 1693)
• 28 July - George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (born 1691)
• 21 August - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (born 1689)

References

See also