Events

• Wednesday July 29 - The British terms of peace are so hard that Choiseul
  Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
  Étienne-François, comte de Stainville, duc de Choiseul was a French military officer, diplomat and statesman. Between 1758 and 1761, and 1766 and 1770, he was Foreign Minister of France and had a strong influence on France's global strategy throughout the period...
  
   declares: "I am as indifferent to peace as Pitt
  William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
  William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC was a British Whig statesman who led Britain during the Seven Years' War...
  
   can be. I freely admit the King's desire for peace, and his Majesty may sign such a treaty, but my hand shall never be set to it."
• Tuesday October 6 - King George III
  George III of the United Kingdom
  George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
  
   offers Pitt the governorship of Canada, with £5,000 per annum, but, instead, makes Pitt's wife, Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham
  Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham
  Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham , 1st Baroness Chatham in her own right, was the wife of William Pitt , 1st Earl of Chatham, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768...
  
  , a peeress
  Earl of Chatham
  Earl of Chatham, in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1766 for William Pitt the Elder on his appointment as Lord Privy Seal, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great...
  
  ; and £13,000 per annum is granted to the survivor of three of his family.
• Canada under Martial law
  Martial law
  Martial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis— only temporary—when the civilian government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively , when there are extensive riots and protests, or when the disobedience of the law...
  
  .

Deaths

• November 15
  • Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye
    Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye
    Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye was a French Canadian fur trader and explorer who took part in extending these activities westerly from the Great Lakes during the eighteenth century, an enterprise for which he and other members of his family were largely responsible...
    
    , French Canadian
    French Canadian
    French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
    
     fur trader and explorer (born 1717
    1717 in Canada
    -Events:* Fort Kaministiquia was founded by French merchants to be the first in a series of forts reaching westward to expand trade and seek a route to the western sea. -Births:* January 29 - Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, army officer -Events:* Fort Kaministiquia was founded by French...
    
    ).
  • Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne
    Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne
    Louis de la Corne or Louis Chapt, Chevalier de la Corne was born at Fort Frontenac in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and began his career in the colonial regular troops as a second ensign in 1722 and was made full ensign five years later.He married in 1728 and began investing heavily in...
    
    , explorer (born 1703
    1703 in Canada
    -Events:* May 26 - Louis-Hector de Callière, Governor General of New France, dies in office.* May 27 - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil becomes Governor General of New France.-Births:* June 6 - Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne, explorer .-Deaths:...
    
    ).