Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   Burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders on this day in history.   

Jun 15   Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 in the year 1772.   

Jun 18   Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 in the year 1772.   

Jun 22   Slavery outlawed in England on this day in history.   

Jul 13   In the year 1772 capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas   

Jul 25   On this day in history gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer   

Aug 05   1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia in the year 1772.   

Aug 05   Poland loses one-third of her territory and half her population as she is partitioned among Russia, Austria, and Prussia on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 in the year 1772.   

Aug 11   Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general on this day in history.   

Aug 11   The birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish govt & restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 in the year 1772.   

Aug 21   On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

Aug 21   On this day in history king Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.   

Aug 24   Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader in the year 1772.   

Aug 31   Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica in the year 1772.   

Sep 01   On this day in history mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California   

Sep 18   Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1772 new Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine   

Oct 04   Francois-Louis Perne, composer in the year 1772.   

Oct 08   In the year 1772 jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60   

Oct 21   Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner) in the year 1772.   

Oct 21   The birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth in the year 1772.   

Oct 25   Corneille Vander Planken, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 30   In the year 1772 capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown   

Nov 02   On this day in history boston patriot Samuel Adams, 50, and local physician Joseph Warren, 31, organize a Committee of Correspondence, similar committees spring up throughout the colonies, relaying the anti-British polemics of Adams and others.   

Nov 02   On this day in history boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms   

Nov 05   In the year 1772 johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50   

Nov 10   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 11   On this day in history john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84   

Nov 18   On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

Dec 07   Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer in the year 1772.   

Dec 12   In the year 1772 johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter   

Jan 12   Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born in the year 1772.   

Feb 22   Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1772 birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer   

Feb 26   In the year 1772 birth of caspar Furstenau, composer   

Mar 10   Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Giovanni Liverati, composer was born in the year 1772.   

Mar 30   Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born in the year 1772.   

Feb 10   In the year 1772 jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75   

Feb 18   On this day in history death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

Mar 02   On this day in history robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73   

Mar 11   George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1772.   

Mar 21   On this day in history death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)   

Mar 22   John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died on this day in history.   

Mar 29   On this day in history death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)