Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1763
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Literature
- Blair, A Critical Dissertation on Ossian
- James Boswell meets Samuel Johnson
- James Boswell sets out on his tour of the Continent and meets Voltaire
and Rousseau
- Frances Brooke, Lady Julia Mandeville
- J. Brown, A Dissertation on Poetry and Music
- Churchill, The Prophecy of Famine
- Edward Gibbon ends his tenure as a captain in the militia
- Samuel Johnson, "On the Life and Writings of Collins"
- James Macpherson (Ossian), Temora
- Mason, Elegies
- Christopher Smart released from a madhouse, and publishes A Song to
David
- Thornton, Ode on St. Caecilia's Day
Theatre
- G. Colman, Sr., The Deuce is in Him
- Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garret
- George Murphy, The Citizen
- Frances Sheridan, The Discovery, at Drury Lane
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Dupe, at Drury Lane
Art
- Benjamin West travels to England
Music
- Johann Christian Bach appointed music master to the Queen
- Johann Christian Bach, Orione
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- February: The Peace of Paris with France gives back everything Pitt
fought to obtain
- May: Bute resigns as Lord Treasurer; he is replaced by Grenville
- Egremong and Halifax become Secretaries of State
- John Wilkes is imprisoned in the Tower for his article in the
North Briton 45; Lord Camden sides with Wilkes and outlaws
"general warrants," instruments of arbitrary imprisonment
- The British restore Sultan Muhammad Alimudin to the throne in
the Philippines
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Birth of Rogers
- Death of William Shenstone
Miscellaneous
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