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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 3]] &ndash; A [[lightning strike]] causes a major fire at [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]] in [[England]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Portsmouth Dockyard|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/portsmouth_dockyard.htm|work=Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk|access-date=2011-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chronology Of Events In Portsmouth &ndash; 1700-1799|url=http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/events/chronology-4.htm|work=History In Portsmouth|access-date=2011-09-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822183623/http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/events/chronology-4.htm|archive-date=August 22, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[French and Indian War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Restigouche]]: The British defeat French forces, in the last naval battle in [[New France]].
* [[July 19]] &ndash; A formal request is made to the Spanish government, to allow the founding of the later city of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]].
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Warburg]] &ndash; The Anglo-Hanoverian army of [[Ferdinand of Brunswick]] storms [[Warburg]], with a heroic role being played by the English commander [[John Manners, Marquess of Granby|Lord Granby]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; The church (later [[cathedral]]) of Our Lady of [[Candlemas]] of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)]] is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city in the following month.
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Liegnitz (1760)|Battle of Legnica]] &ndash; By a series of brilliant maneuvers, [[Frederick the Great]] manages to defeat the Austrian army of Marshal [[Ernst Gideon von Laudon|Laudon]] before it can unite with that of Marshal Daun.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffery Amherst]] and his British troops [[Montreal Campaign|capture Montreal]] from the French, effectively bringing [[Canada]] completely under British control.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|page=222|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[September 18]] &ndash; The town (later city) of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]], is founded.