April 12, 1760 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 April 12, 1760 Juan Manuel Olivares, composer April 16, 1760 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward May 9, 1760 Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 May 10, 1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) May 10, 1760 J P Hebel, writer May 10, 1760 Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 June 5, 1760 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium) June 10, 1760 NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine June 14, 1760 Candido Jose Ruano, composer June 15, 1760 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69 June 23, 1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia June 26, 1760 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal July 26, 1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezi‰ August 4, 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia August 7, 1760 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians August 15, 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia August 22, 1760 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italy, Pope (1823-29) September 8, 1760 French army gives Montreal to Gen Jeffrey Amherst September 14, 1760 M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian prodigy/composer