1761

=Year 1761= [|See calendar for 1761]

__Events in the novels__
My Lady Notorious begins in November. Tempting Fortune begins in November. Cyn and Chastity marry in early December Bryght and Portia meet again in London as Tempting Fortune continues.

__Major real world events of all kinds__
__September 8th, George III marries Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz__ __September 22nd, both crowned.__

Politics
March 25th, Bute made a Secretary of State October 5th Pitt resigns as a Secretary of State

Other
February 8 – An earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar.

March 8 – A second earthquake occurs in North London, Hampstead and Highgate.

June 6 – A transit of Venus observed from 120 locations around the Earth.