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Summary 1761

January 18th – Naval Action – Nine Years War: A British fleet bound for the Carribean captures the French frigates Frippone (24) and Cumberland (24).
January 21st – Afghan – Maratha War – Third Battle of Panipat: Maratha forces led by Dattaji Sindhia narrowly defeat Afghan forces led by Ahmed Shah Durrani, ultimately resulting in the Durrani Empire’s withdrawal from northwest India.
January 22nd – Nine Years War – Battle of Suan: British East Indian forces defeat the Mughal Army led by Prince Ali Gauhar, forcing his retreat into the state of Oudh.

February 10th – Nine Years War – Fall of St. Barthelemy: The largely undefended French Caribbean island surrenders to a British invasion without resistance.
February 12th – Family Compact & the Fourth Treaty of Versailles: France, Spain, and Austria sign treaties to reaffirm and make new agreements concerning mutual war with the Britain, Portugal and Prussia. Additional agreements are made with Morocco, the Barbary States, Naples and Sicily for their support in the war.
February 20th – Nine Years War – Battle of Tiruchirappalli: French-Mysore forces capture Tiruchirappli, allowing Mysore to expand into the southern Carnatic.
February 22nd – Nine Years War – Battle of Vellore: French-Mysore-Carnatic forces capture the British held fort of Vellore.
February 23rd – Nine Years War – Seige of Arcot begins.
February 25th – Afghan – Maratha War – Battle of Kasur: Sikh forces allied to the Maratha defeat Durrani forces as they retreat through the Punjab region.
February 26th – Nine Years War - Battle of Alakudi: French-Mysore forces defeat the Tajore army during the French-Mysore invasion of Tanjore.
February 28th – Nine Years War – Invasion of Guadalupe: British forces invaded the French held island of Guadalupe in the Caribbean.

March 1st – Nine Years War – Franco-Spanish Ultimatum: Spanish diplomats give Queen Maria I of Portugal seven days to cease trade with the British and join them in war against them or face invasion.
March 1st – Nine Years War – Siege of Tanjore begins.
March 2nd – Nine Years War – Battle of Markapur: Nizam forces of the Mughal Empire defeat the British backed Carnatic forces of Wallajah at Markapur.
March 3rd – Nine Years War – Battle of Sainte-Foy: Montcalm defeats the British which allows him to besiege Quebec City while the bulk of British forces are away and the ice is not yet fully thawed enough to allow easy relief from British ships.
March 4th – Nine Years War: Second Siege of Quebec City begins.
French forces led by Montcalm besiege British occupied Quebec City.
March 5th – Nine Years War – Siege of Ongole begins.
March 6th – Nine Years War – Battle of Ranipet: British forces led by Robert Clive, coming to the aid of besieged Arcot, are defeated by French allied forces led Bussy.
March 6th – Nine Years War – Siege of Arcot ends. French allied forces captrure Arcot, but Wallajah escapes.
March 8th – Nine Years War – Battle of Arrakonam: British-Carnatic forces under Clive and Wallajah defeat French Forces that had been aiming to intercept them.
March 9th – Nine Years War: Spain formally declares war on the British Empire and Portugal. France formally declares war on Portugal.
March 12th – Nine Years War: Invasion of Portugal, a Franco-Spanish army invades Tras-os-Montes kicking off war between Spain, France and Portugal.
March 13th – Nine Years War – Battle of Eluru: British forces led by Lt-Colonel Francis Forde defeats Nizam forces near Eluru.
March 15th – Nine Years War – Battle of Hanover: A French victory by Duc de Broglie over the Duke of Brunswick opens the way to the Siege of Hanover.
March 16th – Nine Years War – Siege of Hanover begins.
March 17th – Nine Years War – Battle of La Coruna: British fleet defeats a Spanish fleet near La Coruna, Spain.
March 17th – Nine Years War: Battle of Guntar: British forces led by Lt-Colonel Francis Forde defeats Nizam forces near Guntar.
March 18th – Nine Years War – Battle of Gibraltar Bay: A large, French, Spanish, Austrian, Sicilian and Neapolitan fleet engages the massed British fleet at Gibraltar Bay in order to besiege Gibraltar. French victory allows the Siege of Gibraltar to commence three days later.
March 21st – Nine Years War – Siege of Gibraltar begins.
March 21st – Nine Years War – Siege of Ongole ends. Nizam forces take control of the central Carnatic city from the British backed the Wallajah Carnatic faction.
March 22nd – Nine Years War – Siege of Miranda begins
March 26th – Nine Years War – Siege of Glatz begins
March 28th – Nine Years War – Battle of Jitschin: Prussian forces led by Paul von Werner defeat Austrian forces led by Andreas Hadik near the town of Jitschin.

April 3rd – Nine Years War: Siege of Tanjore ends. French-Mysore forces prevail over Tanjore, capturing the Tanjore king Pratap Singh Bhonsle. This puts the Hindu region of Tanjore under combined Mysore, Carnatic and French control.
April 4th – Nine Years War: Battle of Habelschwerdt: Prussian forces led by Fredrick the Great are defeated by Franco-Austrian forces, forcing him to lift the siege of Glatz in failure.
April 4th – Nine Years War: Siege of Glatz ends. Prussian forces fail to capture Glatz.
April 5th – Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee forces raids settlements in western North Caronolina
April 6th – Nine Years War: Siege of Bautzen begins. Saxon forces, militia and citizens revolting against Prussian occupation defeat a beleaguered Prussian garrison in Bautzen.
April 7th & 8th – Nine Years War: Battle of Mahe: French forces repulse a Brtitish attempt to take Mahe.
April 9th – Nine Years War: Second Siege of Quebec City ends. British ships arrive and force Montcalm to lift the siege and retreat back to Montreal.
April 10th – Nine Years War: Battle of Reichenbach: Franco-Austrian forces pursuing Fredrick’s army are defeated when he stops to engage them. Daun is forced to retreat back to Glatz.
April 15th – Nine Years War – Siege of Munsterberg begins.
April 16th – Nine Years War – Siege of Brieg begins.
April 20th – Nine Years War – Second Battle of Bautzen: After the arrival of Prussian reinforcements led by Manteuffel, the siege of Bautzen is quickly put to an end after only a brief skirmish against the Saxon militia forces.
April 25th – May 1st - Nine Years War – Battle of Ile Bouchard: British forces defeat the last French ships defending Montreal from the east on the St. Lawrence River.

May 2nd – May 12th - Nine Years War – Battle of the Thousand Islands: British forces led by Amherst defeat the French on the St. Lawrence west of Montreal.
May 4th – Nine Years War – Third Siege of Madras begins.
May 17th – Nine Years War – Siege of Miranda ends.
Franco-Spanish forces assault and take the fortress for its provisions. French forces then destroy it for being indefensible in the face of starvation before French elements retreat back to Spain.
May 19th – Nine Years War - Battle of Stathagen: After harassing French attempts at maintaining the Hanover siege, the Duke of Brunswick is defeated by Broglie again and forced to retreat northward.
May 20th – Nine Years War – Battle of Frankenstein: Prussian and Franco-Austrian forces meet again but only fight to a draw. Fredrick abandons the siege of Munsterberg before retreating north.
May 21st – Nine Years War – Siege of Brieg ends. Brieg surrenders to Fredrick’s forces just as he was about to order abandoning it.[
May 30th – Nine Years War – Invasion of Guadalupe: the island of Guadalupe surrenders to British forces.
May 31st - Pratap Singh Bhonsle, the last king of Tanjore, is executed ending the Tonjore Bhonsle dynasty. His eldest son is only allowed rule as governor of the city.

June 1st – Nine Years War – Battle of the River Duomo: A starving Spanish force led by Alexander O'Reilly is defeated at the river Duomo by several hundred Portuguese peasants, and few guns and 100 soldiers.
June 10th – Mughal – Marathan War - Battle of Bareilly: Dattaji Sindhia leads the Marathas to victory over the Mughal army and conquers Rohilkhand. The death of Shah Alam II terminates the Mughal Empire and peace is made between the Marathas and Oudh. Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech also killed in battle.
June 19th – Nine Years War - Battle of Kattupalli Island: British fleet led by Admiral George Pocock defeats French fleet. Anne Antoine the Comte d’Aché is killed in battle.
June 20th – Nine Years War – Siege of Almeida begins
June 23rd – Nine Years War - Battle of Kottakuppam: French fleet led by Joseph de Bauffremont defeats the British fleet led by Admiral George Pocock
June 28th – Nine Years War – Naval Action: French ships Malicieuse (32) is sunk, and the Eine (26) is captured by a British fleet in the Carribean.

July 1st – Nine Years War – Siege of Almeida ends. Spanish Forces led by Don Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Jiménez de Urrea the Count of Aranda takes the fortress of Almeida after an eleven day siege.
July 5th – Nine Years War - Battle of Sangam: Francis Forde’s attempt to relieve the Third Siege of Madras ends in failure after he is defeated by Bussy near Sangam.
July 10th – Nine Years War – Siege of Mazagan begins.
July 11th – Nine Years War - Third Siege of Kolberg begins.
July 21st – Princess Joan is born to Queen Maria I and Peter III of Portugal.

August 1st – Nine Years War – Siege of Montreal begins: After burning and raiding through French lands on the southern bank of the St. Lawrence, the British gather from multiple directions to siege Montreal, the last French holdout in New France.
August 4th – Nine Years War – Siege of Montreal ends. Montcalm surrenders Montreal, and with it, New France to the British.
August 18th – Treaty of Kahnawake: The Seven Nations of Canada, former allies to France make peace with the British in a “Burying the Hatchet” ceremony.
August 26th – Nine Years War - Battle of Grossienhein: Saxon forces led by Benekendorff retake Grossienhein from Prussian occupation.
August 30th – Nine Years War - Third Battle of Schweidnitz: Franco-Austrian forces defeat the Prussians and retake Schweidnitz
August 31st – Nine Years War - Battle of Esterwelde: Saxon forces retake Esterwelde from Prussian occupation.

September 2nd – Nine Years War - Battle of Brieg: Franco-Austrian forces capture the city of Breig from Prussia for the second time.
September 7th – Nine Years War – Siege of Madras ends. Clive surrenders Madras to the French in echange for a 6 month truce allowing the release of British forces and an exchange of all prisoners. The British East India Company would also recognize the indepedance of the Mysore, Nizam and Carnatic Kingdoms.
September 8th – Nine Years War – Battle of Landsberg: Fredrick the Great routs the Russia army led by Lopukhin who is killed in action, pursuing them back to Posen.
September 9th – Nine Years War - Battle of Kolberg: Manteuffel and the Prussians defeat Buturlin and the Russians forcing them to abandon the 3rd Siege of Kolberg.
September 10th – Nine Years War – Second Battle of Breslau: Franco Austrian forces led by Duan defeat the Prussians to retake the fortress and city of Breslau.
September 12th – Nine Years War – Siege of Mazagan ends.
Portuguese forces surrender the Fortress-city of Mazagan on the Atlantic coast to the Moroccan forces. Over the next few months, British and Portuguese ships are allowed to peacefully evacuate the Portuguese citizens to Brazil.
September 18th – Nine Years War - Second Siege of Leignitz begins.
September 20th – 23rd – A Hurricane ravages the outer banks of North Carolina
September 24th – Anglo-Cherokee War – Battle of Echoee: James Grant, George Washington, and Hugh Waddel defeat Cherokee warriors at Echoee, putting an end to the Anglo-Cherokee War.

October 2nd – Nine Years War – Battle of Dhanbad: Shuja-ud-Daula of Oudh defeats the British backed forces of the Nawab of Bengal.
October 7th to 11th - Nine Years War - Battle of Leignitz: Fredrick and Duan face off again, minor battles prove no conclusive winners, but a smallpox outbreak causes the majority of casualties of both sides.
October 11th – Nine Years War – Second Siege of Leignitz ends. Franco-Austrian forces abandon the siege and retreat in the face of a smallpox outbreak.
October 12th – Nine Years War – Siege of Goa begins.
October 15th – Nine Years War – Invasion of Dominica: British forces invade the French held island of Dominica in the Carribean.
October 18th – Nine Years War – Battle of Jamalpur: Clive and the Nawab of Bengal rout the forces of Oudh led by Shuja-ud-Daula, forcing him to retreat from Bengal.
October 21st – Governor James Murray dies in Montreal from illness.
October 23rd – 24th – A Hurricane strikes Rhode Island, Conniticut, Eastern Massachusetts and Boston, causing significant damage and destruction.
October 30th – Second Treaty of Copenhagen: Prussian comes to peace terms with Sweden and Mecklenburg. Prussia gives up Prussian Hither Pomerania west of the Randow River and the island of Usedom to Sweden, in exchange for Sweden withdrawing from Stettin and the island of Wolin. Prussia gives up the Prussian exclave in Mecklenburg, and land in Brandenburg near the Elbe and Mecklenburg borders in exchange for Mecklenburg exclaves in North-Central Brandenburg.
October 31st – Nine Years War – Invasion of Dominica: The island of Dominca surrenders to British forces.

November 15th – Nine Years War – Portugal formally declares war on Morocco in response to the fall of Mazagan, and request their British ally to do the same.
November 18th – Nine Years War – Siege of Hanover ends. French forces finally take over the city of Hanover after a bloody campaign to secure the southern half of the Electorate of Hanover.
November 20th - Treaty of Schleswig: Mecklenburg and Denmark announce a defensive treaty.

December 20th – Nine Years War – Siege of Goa ends. Portuguese authorities in Goa surrender to the French-Mysore army and the French East India Company takes over control of the region.