January 3, 1761 Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73 January 4, 1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 January 7, 1761 Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten January 17, 1761 James Hall, Scotland, geologist January 20, 1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer January 23, 1761 Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide) February 15, 1761 Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 February 22, 1761 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer February 22, 1761 Jacob Kimball, composer March 6, 1761 Earl d'Andr‚ossi, French general/member of parliament March 7, 1761 Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68 March 23, 1761 John W de Winter, Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin) March 27, 1761 Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer, dies at 72 April 9, 1761 William Law, theologian, dies April 20, 1761 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer May 13, 1761 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager) May 14, 1761 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 May 15, 1761 Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 May 16, 1761 John Opie, artist May 22, 1761 1st life insurance policy in U.S., issued in Phila