1762
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Art and culture
- Catherine the Great's rule begins
- Cock Lane ghost, a performing poltergeist who became a major attraction in the London of 1762
Literature
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Non-fiction
- The Social Contract (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
- Anecdotes of Painting in England by Horatio Walpole (1717 - 1797)
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