[caption id=“attachment_1522” align=“alignright” width=“322”] A modern set of Faber-Castell color pencils[/caption] In the year 1761, the British capture Pondicherry in India from the French (Jan 16), a transit of Venus occurs, and is observed from 120 locations around the Earth (Jun 6), the slave trade to and within Portugal is forbidden (Sep 19), in the Seven Years' War, the Russians take after four months of siege the Prussian fortress of Kolberg (only to lose it later) (Dec 16), the tune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is published in France, Faber-Castell Company is founded in Nuremburg, Germany - and all these fine people were born:

1761-0116 Bengt Jakob Ignatius* clergyman/hymn writer - Tuusula, Sweden-Finland (1827/66) 1761-0117 James Hall* geologist/geophysicist - Dunglass. Scotland (1832/71) 1761-0201 Christiaan Hendrik Persoon* mycologist - Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (1836/75). 1761-0203 Dorothea von Medem* Countess of Courland/diplomat - Mežotne, Holy Roman Empire (now Latvia) (1821/60) 1761-0219 Kristian Erik Lencqvist* clergyman/ historian - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1808/47) 1761-0222 Erik Tulindberg* Finnish violinist/composer - Vähäkyrö, Sweden-Finland (1814/53) 1761-0405 Sybil Ludington* heroine of the American Revolutionary War - Kent, New York, British America (1839/77) 1761-0503 August von Kotzebue* dramatist/writer - Weimar, Holy Roman Empire (1819/57) 1761-0514 Samuel Dexter* statesman - Boston, Massachusetts (1816/54) 1761-0603 Henry Shrapnel* army officer/ inventor - Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England (1842/80) 1761-0607 John Rennie the Elder* civil engineer - Phantassie, East Lothian, Scotland (1821/60) 1761-0725 Charlotte von Kalb* writer/published posthumously - Saal an der Saale, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire  (1843/81) 1761-0823 Jedidiah Morse* geographer/father of Samuel Morse - Woodstock, Connecticut (1826/64) 1761-0901 1761-0910 1761-0920 1761-0925 Riitta Mikontytär Luoma** (Saukko) mother of Matti Jaakonpoika Luoma - Alavus, Sweden-Finland (1836/74) 1761-0925 Maria Sipintytär Orhanen** (b Lusa) mother of Maria Juhontytär Latva-Luhtasela - Kurikka, Sweden-Finland (1801/39) 1761-0930 1761-1021 Louis Albert d’Albe* artist/map maker - Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France (1824) 1761-1027 Matthew Baillie* physician/pathologist - Shotts Manse, Lanarkshire, Scotland (1823/62) 1761-1124 Bertrand Andrieu* engraver of medals - Bordeaux, Kingdom of France (1822/61) 1761-1201 Marie Tussaud* artist/wax modeller/founder of Madam Tussauds - Strasbourg, Kingdom of France (1850/88). 1761-1224 Jean-Louis Pons* astronomer - Peyre, Kingdom of France (1831/69) Updated 2.4.2023-1 Search for another year here