Editing 1763 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 27]] &ndash; The seat of colonial administration in the [[Viceroyalty of Brazil]] is moved from [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] to [[Rio de Janeiro]].
* [[February 1]] &ndash; The colonial authorities in the [[Province of North Carolina]] establish [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]] from the western portion of [[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]. The county is named for [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], who married [[George III]] in [[1761]].
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] ends the war, and France cedes [[Canada (New France)]] to Great Britain.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Hubertusburg]] puts an end to the [[Seven Years' War]] between [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]], and their allies France and Russia.
* [[February 23]] &ndash; The [[Berbice Slave Uprising]] starts in the former [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] colony of [[Berbice]].
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Charles Townshend]] becomes [[President of the Board of Trade]] in the British government.

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]], home to the [[Paris Opera]] for almost 90 years, is destroyed in an accidental fire.<ref>Pannill Camp, ''The First Frame: Theatre Space in Enlightenment France'' (Cambridge University Press, 2014)  p148</ref>
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[George Grenville]] takes office as the new [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]], after the [[John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute|Earl of Bute]] resigns amid criticism over Britain's concessions in the Treaty of Paris.<ref>Richard Archer, ''As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution'' (Oxford University Press, 2010) p1</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Marie-Josephte Corriveau]] is hanged near her home at [[Saint-Vallier, Quebec]] before being [[Gibbeting|gibbeted]] after being found guilty by a military tribunal of twelve officers of murdering her husband.<ref> F. Murray Greenwood and Beverley Boissery, ''Uncertain Justice: Canadian Women and Capital Punishment, 1754-1953'' (Dundurn, 2000) p. 54</ref>  She becomes famous in [[French Canadians|French Canadian]] folklore as "la Corriveau".
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Teedyuscung]], known as the "King of the Delaware Indians" (the [[Lenape]] tribe) is assassinated by arsonists who burn down his home in [[Pennsylvania]] while he is sleeping, in an apparent retaliation for signing the [[Treaty of Easton]] to relinquish Lenape claims to the Province of New Jersey.<ref>Kevin Kenny, ''Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment'' (Oxford University Press, 2011) p116</ref>
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The controversial Issue 45 of [[John Wilkes]]'s satirical newspaper ''[[The North Briton]]'' is published as a response to a speech four days earlier by King George III praising the end of the Seven Years' War.<ref>Amelia Rauser, ''Caricature Unmasked: Irony, Authenticity, and Individualism in Eighteenth-century English Prints'' (University of Delaware Press, 2008) p51</ref>  In what will become a test case for [[freedom of speech]], Wilkes, a member of Parliament, is arrested for [[libel]] of the King and imprisoned, then exiled to France.
* [[April 27]] &ndash; Outraged by the British success in taking control of land in North America formerly occupied by the French, [[Pontiac (Ottawa leader)|Pontiac]], chief of the [[Odawa]] people, convenes a conference near [[Detroit]] and convinces the leaders of 17 other nations of the need to attack British outposts.<ref name=Dunn>Walter S. Dunn, ''People of the American Frontier: The Coming of the American Revolution'' (Greenwood, 2005) p37</ref>
* [[May 7]] &ndash; Chief Pontiac begins "[[Pontiac's War]]" by attacking the British garrison at [[Fort Detroit]], but the surprise attack is given away by a young native girl who informs the British of the plan.<ref name=Dunn/> Two days later he begins the [[Siege of Fort Detroit]].
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Pontiac's War]]: At what becomes [[Mackinaw City, Michigan]], [[Chippewa]]s capture [[Fort Michilimackinac]] by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of [[lacrosse]], then chasing a ball into the fort.
* [[June 28]] &ndash; A [[1763 Komárom earthquake|magnitude 6.2 earthquake]] shakes [[Hungary]] and [[Slovakia]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). Damage is limited, but 83 are killed.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database.|date=1972 |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1372|accessdate=2022-04-15 |author1=National Geophysical Data Center }}</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 7]] &ndash; The [[British East India Company]] declares [[Mir Qasim]], the [[Nawab of Bengal]], to be deposed.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology322">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/322 322]|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/322}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] – The [[Mozart family grand tour]] of Europe began, lifting the profile of child prodigy [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Wolfgang Amadeus]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Stanley Sadie|last= Sadie|first= Stanley|title= Mozart: The Early Years, 1756&ndash;1781|publisher= W.W. Norton & Co|location= New York|year= 2006|isbn= 0-393-06112-4|url= https://archive.org/details/mozartearlyyears00sadi|page=37}}</ref>
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Mir Qasim]] is routed at Odwa Nala.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology322"/> He flees to [[Patna]], where he massacres the English garrison, but is subsequently defeated at [[Katwa]], [[Murshidabad]], [[Giria, India|Giria]], Sooty, Udayanala and [[Munger]].
* [[August 3]] and 4 &ndash; [[Amsterdam banking crisis of 1763|Amsterdam banking crisis]]: The spectacular bankruptcies of [[Leendert Pieter de Neufville]] and [[Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky]] lead to a [[financial contagion]] and affected in the days after many merchants in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and Stockholm.
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Pontiac's War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bushy Run]]: British forces led by [[Henry Bouquet]] defeat [[Chief Pontiac]]'s Indians at [[Bushy Run]], in the [[Pennsylvania]] backcountry.
* [[August]] &ndash; Fire in [[Smyrna]], [[Ottoman Empire]], destroys 2,600 houses.
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Catherine II of Russia]] endorses [[Ivan Betskoy]]'s plans for a [[Foundling Home in Moscow]].

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; The ''[[Royal Proclamation of 1763]]'' is issued by [[George III of the United Kingdom]], restricting the westward expansion of [[British North America]], and stabilizing relations with the [[indigenous peoples of the Americas]], by barring white settlement of lands west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]].
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Bayes' theorem]] is first announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/letter.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/letter.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=A Letter from the Late Reverend Mr. Thomas Bayes, F.R.S. to John Canton, M.A. and F.R.S.|date=1763-11-24|access-date=2012-03-01}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Touro Synagogue]], [[Newport, Rhode Island]], is dedicated; by the end of the 20th century, this will be the [[Oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest]] surviving [[synagogue]] in North America.
* [[December 14]] &ndash; The [[Paxton Boys]] massacre six [[Susquehannock|Conestoga]] Indians in their homes in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]]. When the 16 survivors are sheltered in the Lancaster workhouse (jail), the Paxton Boys ride into town and kill them as well, on [[December 27]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Little Hagia Sophia]] in [[Istanbul]], Ottoman Empire, is damaged in an [[earthquake]].
* [[Joseph Haydn]] writes his [[Symphony No. 13 (Haydn)|Symphony No. 13]].
* The [[Russo-Circassian War]] begins, when the [[Russian Empire]] attempts to annex [[Circassia]].
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