In the year 1760, the Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings (Mar 20), George III ascends to the English throne, to rule the next 60 years (Oct 25), the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) is raging on in Europe and the Americas, and eventually ends France’s position as a major colonial power in the Americas, Abu Dhabi is founded - and all these fine people were born:

1760-0119 Patrick Cotter O’Brien* gigantic showman - Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland (1806/46) 1760-0203 John Storm* American Revolutionary soldier - Latimore Township, Pennsylvania (1835/75) 1760-0310 Leandro Fernández de Moratín* dramatist/poet/translator - Madrid, Spain (1828/68) 1760-0501 1760-0503 William Scoresby* arctic navigator - Cropton, Yorkshire, England (1829/69) 1760-0510 Johann Peter Hebel* teacher/poet - Basel, German Empire (1826/66) 1760-0529 Charlotte Slottberg* ballerina-dancer - Stockholm, Sweden (1800/40) 1760-0605 Johan Gadolin* chemist/physicist/ mineralogist - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1852/92) 1760-0904 Knut von Troil* Finnish officer/civil servant/senator - Uppsala, Sweden (1825/65) 1760-1031 Katsushika Hokusai* painter of the famous The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Edo, Japan (1849/88) 1760-1121 Joseph Plumb Martin* American Revolutionary soldier/ narrative author - Becket, Province of Massachusetts Bay (1850/89) 1760-1214 Pehr von Afzelius* physician/professor - Larv, Västergötland, Sweden (1843/82) 1760-1217 Deborah Sampson* first American female soldier - Plympton, Massachusetts, British America (1827/66) 1760-0 1760-0 1760-0 Updated 2024-1231 Helsinki Search for another year here