| January 8 | Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth |
| January 9 | Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat |
| January 22 | Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French |
| February 16 | Native American hostages killed in Ft. Prince George |
| March 5 | Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg |
| March 20 | Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings |
| June 10 | New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine |
| June 23 | Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia |
| July 26 | Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie |
| August 4 | Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia |
| August 7 | Ft. Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians |
| August 15 | Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia |
| September 8 | French army gives Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst |
| September 28 | Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin |
| October 2 | Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin |
| October 9 | Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin |
| October 10 | Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves) |
| October 13 | Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin |
| October 23 | 1st Jewish prayer books printed in U.S. |
| October 25 | George III ascends British throne |
| November 3 | Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria |
| November 29 | French commandant Belatre surrenders Detroit to Major R Rogers |
| December 25 | Juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught" |