1761 in Russia
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Events from the year 1761 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- 1 April â The Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire sign a treaty of alliance.
- 16 December â Under the leadership of Pyotr Rumyantsev, Russian forces besiege and take control of the Prussian city of Kolberg during the Seven Years' War.
Births
- Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov, poet (d.1838)
- Yekaterina Sinyavina, composer (d.1784)
- Yekaterina von Engelhardt, noblewoman (d.1829)
- Yelizaveta Palmenbach, pedagogue (d.1832)
- 19 July â Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov, experimental physicist (d.1834)
- 16 August â Yevstigney Fomin, opera composer (d.1800)
- 19 August â Andreyan Zakharov, architect (d.1811)
- 27 September â Karl Gustav von Baggovut, military leader (d.1812)
- December â Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, military leader (d.1818)
Deaths
- Ivan Vishnyakov, painter (b.1699)
References
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