Editing 1762 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Orfeo ed Euridice]] by [[Cristoph Willibald Gluck]] was given its first performance. 
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Siege of Schweidnitz (1762)|Siege of Schweidnitz]] in [[Silesia]]. Prussia takes the strategic fortress from Austria. 
* [[October 29]] &ndash; [[Battle of Freiberg]]: [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)|Prince Henry of Prussia]], Frederick's brother, defeats the [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]]n army of Marshal Serbelloni.
* [[November 13]] &ndash; In the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]], [[Louis XV of France]] secretly cedes [[Louisiana (New France)]] to [[Charles III of Spain]] to compensate his ally for territorial losses to Britain. 
* [[December 4]] &ndash; Less than six months after becoming Russia's Empress, [[Catherine the Great]] announces that almost all foreigners are welcome to travel to and settle in Russia, and waives previous requirements that new residents must be members of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]; however, the manifesto adds the phrase ''{{Transliteration|ru|kromye Zhydov}}'' - "except the Jews".<ref>S. M. Dubnow and I. Friedlander, ''History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the Present Day'' (Jewish Publication Society of America, 1916) p. 260</ref>
* [[December 22]] &ndash; Catherine follows the waiver of religious requirement for Russian immigration with a 190-word invitation, translated into various European languages, that invites Europeans to build settlements along [[Arable land|arable]], but undeveloped, land in southern Russia along the [[Volga River]]; when the invitation attracts little notice, she follows on July 22 with a longer manifesto promising free travel expenses and a written guarantee of rights.<ref>Bruce F. Pauley, ''Pioneering History on Two Continents: An Autobiography'' (Potomac Books, 2014) p. 2</ref>