Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   In the year 1772 burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders   

Jun 15   Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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   Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer in the year 1772.   

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 in the year 1772.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   In the year 1772 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   In the year 1772 willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

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

Aug 31   On this day in history hurricane destroy ships off Dominica   

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   On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer   

Oct 08   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 25   On this day in history 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   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   Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 07   Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 12   Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)   

Feb 22   In the year 1772 birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer   

Feb 22   On this day in history birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer   

Feb 26   On this day in history birth of caspar Furstenau, composer   

Mar 10   Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born in the year 1772.   

Mar 27   In the year 1772 birth of giovanni Liverati, composer   

Mar 30   Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 in the year 1772.   

Feb 18   In the year 1772 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

Mar 02   Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)   

Mar 26   On this day in history death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

Mar 29   In the year 1772 death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)