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| 1762 |
| | | Johann Sebastian Bach's youngest son, Johann Christian, moves to London and becomes known as the English Bach | |
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| 1762 |
| | | Two books in this year, Émile and Du Contrat Social, prompt orders for the arrest of Jean-Jacques Rousseau | |
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| 1762 |
| | | The intensely dramatic music of Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice introduces a much needed reform in the conventions of opera | |
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| 1762 |
| | | Fingal, supposedly by the medieval poet Ossian, is a forgery in the spirit of the times by James MacPherson | |
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| 1762 |
| | | 6-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart plays for the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa | |
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| 1763 |
| | | The capital of the Portuguese colony of Brazil is moved from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro | |
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| 1763 |
| | | A treaty signed in Paris ends the Seven Years' War between Britain, France and Spain | |
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| 1763 |
| | | In the treaty of Paris France cedes to Britain all its territory north of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi river, except the district of New Orleans | |
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| 1763 |
| | | In the treaty of Paris, Spain cedes Florida to Britain, completing British possession of the entire east coast of north America | |
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| 1763 |
| | | The Treaty of Hubertusburg, between Prussia and Austria, increases the power of Prussia among the many separate states of Germany | |
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