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| 1761 |
| | | George Washington, the future president, inherits Mount Vernon from his half-brother Lawrence | |
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| 1762 |
| | | Johann Sebastian Bach's youngest son, Johann Christian, moves to London and becomes known as the English Bach | |
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| 1762 |
| | | Two books in this year, Émile and Du Contrat Social, prompt orders for the arrest of Jean-Jacques Rousseau | |
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| 1762 |
| | | The intensely dramatic music of Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice introduces a much needed reform in the conventions of opera | |
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| 1762 |
| | | Fingal, supposedly by the medieval poet Ossian, is a forgery in the spirit of the times by James MacPherson | |
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| 1762 |
| | | 6-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart plays for the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa | |
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| 1762 |
| | | The Pagoda, designed by Sir William Chambers, is completed in Kew Gardens. The roofs are covered with varnished iron plates and there are 80 carved golden dragons on the corners of the roofs | |
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| 1763 |
| | | The capital of the Portuguese colony of Brazil is moved from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro | |
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| 1763 |
| | | A treaty signed in Paris ends the Seven Years' War between Britain, France and Spain | |
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| 1763 |
| | | In the treaty of Paris France cedes to Britain all its territory north of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi river, except the district of New Orleans | |
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