1762

Rulers:

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796)

Events:

• Pinacoteca Nazionale founded in Bologna.

Births:

• María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba (1762-1802)

Music:

• Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Orfeo ed Euridice (1762)

Art:

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780): Veduta di Pirna (1755-65)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Mercure et Argus (1761-62)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792): Portrait of a Young Lady (c.1760-65)

• Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): L’Olimpo, o Trionfo di Venere (1761-64)