1760—1760: Carron Iron Works in operation in Scotland
5 May 1760—5 May 1760: First use of hangman's drop
25 Oct 1760—25 Oct 1760: George II dies - George III Hanover, his grandson, becomes king. The date conventionally marks the start of the so-called first Industrial Revolution'
2
1761
16 Jan 1761—16 Jan 1761: British capture Pondicherry, India from the French
3
1762
1762—1762: Cigars introduced into Britain from Cuba
4
1763
1763—1763: Treaty of Paris - gives back to France everything Pitt fought to obtain - (Newfoundland
[fishing], Guadaloupe and Martininque [sugar], Dakar [gum]) - but English displaces French
as the international language