July–September July 7 – The British East India Company declares Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, to be deposed. July 9 – The Mozart family grand tour of Europe began, lifting the profile of child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus. August 2 – Mir Qasim is routed at Odwa Nala. He flees to Patna, where he massacres the English garrison, but is subsequently defeated at Katwa, Murshidabad, Giria, Sooty, Udayanala and Munger. August 3 and 4 – Amsterdam banking crisis: The spectacular bankruptcies of Leendert Pieter de Neufville and Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky lead to a financial contagion and affected in the days after many merchants in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and Stockholm. August 5 – Pontiac's War – Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run, in the Pennsylvania backcountry. August – Fire in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, destroys 2,600 houses. September 1 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
July–September July 7 – The British East India Company declares Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, to be deposed. July 9 – The Mozart family grand tour of Europe began, lifting the profile of child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus. August 2 – Mir Qasim is routed at Odwa Nala. He flees to Patna, where he massacres the English garrison, but is subsequently defeated at Katwa, Murshidabad, Giria, Sooty, Udayanala and Munger. August 3 and 4 – Amsterdam banking crisis: The spectacular bankruptcies of Leendert Pieter de Neufville and Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky lead to a financial contagion and affected in the days after many merchants in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and Stockholm. August 5 – Pontiac's War – Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run in the Pennsylvania backcountry. August – Fire in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, destroys 2,600 houses. September 1 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.