1761 in Great Britain

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1761 in Great Britain:
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1761 English cricket season

Events from the year 1761 in Great Britain.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

Undated[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • James Macpherson's supposed translation Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language.[11]
  • Frances Sheridan's novel Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph.[12]

Births[edit]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "History of Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 320–321. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. ^ Smith, D. W. (January 1980). "The Hexham Riot". Northumberland and Durham Family History Society Journal. 5 (2).
  4. ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 222–224. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  5. ^ "Historical Chronicle, Oct. 1761". Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. 31: 477. October 1761. OCLC 173346685.
  6. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  7. ^ Gale, W. K. V. (1952). Boulton, Watt and the Soho Undertakings. City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
  8. ^ Harris, John; de Bellaigue, Geoffrey; Millar, Oliver (1968). Buckingham Palace. London: Nelson. p. 24. ISBN 0-17-141011-4.
  9. ^ Drury, Jennifer (2012-08-24). "North Street – The Countess of Huntingdon's Church". Brighton and Hove. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  10. ^ Lobel, Mary D., ed. (1957). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon Hundred. Oxford University Press. pp. 234–249.
  11. ^ Magnusson, Magnus (2007) [2006]. Fakers, Forgers & Phoneys. Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-84596-210-4.
  12. ^ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.