Events January–March January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: In India, the armies of the Durrani Empire from Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, killing over 100,000 Maratha soldiers and civilians in battle and in a subsequent massacre, regaining territory lost by the Mughal Empire and restoring the Mughal Emperor, Shah Alam II, to the throne in Delhi as the nominal ruler. January 16 – In India, the Siege of Pondicherry ends as the British Empire captures Pondichéry from the French colonial empire. February 8 – An earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar. March 8 – A second earthquake occurs in North London, Hampstead and Highgate. March 31 – An 8.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Lisbon in the Kingdom of Portugal, but few deaths are reported because of censorship by the Portuguese government. with effects felt as far north as Scotland.
Events January–March January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: In India, the armies of the Durrani Empire from Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, killing over 100,000 Maratha soldiers and civilians in battle and in a subsequent massacre, regaining territory lost by the Mughal Empire and restoring the Mughal Emperor, Shah Alam II, to the throne in Delhi as the nominal ruler. January 16 – In India, the ?Siege of Pondicherry ends as the British Empire captures Pon:dichéry from the French colonial empire. February 8 – An earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar. March 8 – A second earthquake occurs in North London, Hampstead and Highgate. March 31 – An 8.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Lisbon i?n the Kingdom of Portugal, but few deaths ar?e reported because of censorship by the Portuguese government. with effects felt as far north as Scotland.