What Happened in November 1760

Historical Events

  • Nov 3 Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria
  • Nov 29 French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Major R. Rogers

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 8 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau, Dutch general, born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1821)
  • Nov 9 Henri-Philippe Gerard, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1848)
  • Nov 13 Jiaqing [Yongyan], 5th Emperor of Qing Dynasty (1796-1820), born at the Old Summer Palace, near Beijing, China (d. 1820)
  • Nov 23 Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist (Tribun du Peuple) (d. 1797)