• Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1762. 1762 (MDCCLXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    English: Mary Theresa Elisabeth Philippine Louise Josepha Joan; 20 March 1762 – 23 January 1770) was a daughter of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his...
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    commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III. Under...
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    was later called the Seven Years' War. British forces occupied Manila from 1762 to 1764, however they were unable to extend their conquest outside of Manila...
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    subcontinent owing to the repeated incursions of Ahmad Shah Durrani in February 1762. It is distinguished from the Chhota Ghalughara (the Smaller Massacre). Mostly...
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    Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (18 May 1762 – 27 April 1841) was born in Ajaccio into a noble, but poor, French Corsican family. He was second lieutenant in...
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    Kingdom of Georgia in 1478 and existed, with several brief intervals, until 1762 when Kartli and the neighbouring Georgian kingdom of Kakheti were merged...
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  • Navy, launched in 1755. She was captured by the Royal Navy on 13 August 1762, and commissioned as the fourth rate HMS Conquestador. She was placed on...
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    Peter III of Russia (category 1762 deaths)
    February [O.S. 10 February] 1728 – 17 July [O.S. 6 July] 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown...
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    George IV (category 1762 births)
    George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from...
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