Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   In the year 1772 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   Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 in the year 1772.   

Jun 22   In the year 1772 slavery outlawed in England   

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 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   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 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1772.   

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   On this day in history willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

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

Aug 31   In the year 1772 hurricane destroy ships off Dominica   

Sep 01   In the year 1772 mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California   

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   Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner) on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history the birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth   

Oct 25   Corneille Vander Planken, composer in the year 1772.   

Oct 30   Capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown in the year 1772.   

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

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

Nov 11   In the year 1772 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   In the year 1772 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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 11   On this day in history george Reuter, composer, dies at 63   

Mar 21   Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died in the year 1772.   

Mar 22   On this day in history death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)   

Mar 26   In the year 1772 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)