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   In the year 1772 gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72   

Jun 22   Slavery outlawed in England in the year 1772.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history the birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general   

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   Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   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 in the year 1772.   

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

Aug 30   On this day in history henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader   

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

Oct 21   The birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1772 corneille Vander Planken, composer   

Oct 30   Capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown on this day in history.   

Nov 02   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 in the year 1772.   

Nov 02   Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms in the year 1772.   

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   In the year 1772 john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84   

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

Dec 07   In the year 1772 joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer   

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

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Jan 04   In the year 1772 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 in the year 1772.   

Feb 22   Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born in the year 1772.   

Feb 26   Caspar Furstenau, composer was born in the year 1772.   

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

Mar 27   On this day in history birth of giovanni Liverati, composer   

Mar 30   On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer   

Feb 10   On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75   

Feb 18   Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) died in the year 1772.   

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

Mar 22   John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died in the year 1772.   

Mar 26   Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died in the year 1772.   

Mar 29   Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died on this day in history.