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What Happened in August 1763

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Historical Events

  • Aug 5 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 8 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US professional architect (Massachusetts State House), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1844)
Born in 1763

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 9 Jan Althuysen, Frisian vicar and poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47
  • Aug 14 Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian Baroque violinist and composer, dies at 76
  • Aug 21 Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)

Famous People by Generation

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