Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   On this day in history burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders   

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

Jun 18   On this day in history gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72   

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

Jul 13   Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas on this day in history.   

Jul 25   In the year 1772 gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer   

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

Aug 05   In the year 1772 poland loses one-third of her territory and half her population as she is partitioned among Russia, Austria, and Prussia.   

Aug 11   On this day in history explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000   

Aug 11   On this day in history rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general   

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   In the year 1772 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) in the year 1772.   

Aug 30   Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader on this day in history.   

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

Sep 01   Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1772 martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer   

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

Oct 04   In the year 1772 francois-Louis Perne, composer   

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

Oct 21   On this day in history samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner)   

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

Oct 25   In the year 1772 corneille Vander Planken, composer   

Oct 30   On this day in history capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown   

Nov 02   In the year 1772 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   Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms on this day in history.   

Nov 05   Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1772.   

Nov 10   On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer   

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   Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 22   On this day in history birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer   

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

Feb 26   Caspar Furstenau, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history birth of friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)   

Mar 27   Giovanni Liverati, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 30   In the year 1772 birth of johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer   

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

Feb 18   Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) died on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1772 robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73   

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

Mar 21   Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 26   In the year 1772 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

Mar 29   Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died in the year 1772.