Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

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

Jun 15   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 11   In the year 1772 rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general   

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   In the year 1772 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

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   Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California in the year 1772.   

Sep 18   Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer in the year 1772.   

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   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 in the year 1772.   

Oct 25   On this day in history corneille Vander Planken, composer   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 05   On this day in history johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50   

Nov 10   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer in the year 1772.   

Nov 11   John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 in the year 1772.   

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   Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1772.   

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Jan 04   Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born in the year 1772.   

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

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

Feb 22   Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Mar 10   In the year 1772 birth of friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)   

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

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

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

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

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