Historical Events In 1772

Jan 01   First traveler's cheques go on sale in London, can be used in 90 European cities on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1772 the firt traveler's checks issued (London)  

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

Feb 10   On this day in history 1771 Maratha forces from the Deccan Plateau drive the Afghans out of Delhi, install the son of the exiled Mughal emperor Shah Alam as temporary ruler  

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

Feb 12   Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India on this day in history.  

Feb 17   On this day in history 1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria  

Feb 22   Joseph Lipavsky, composer in the year 1772.  

Feb 26   In the year 1772 caspar Furstenau, composer  

Mar 02   Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 in the year 1772.  

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

Mar 11   George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 13   On this day in history gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick  

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

Mar 30   In the year 1772 johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer  

Apr 01   On this day in history ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer  

Apr 07   In the year 1772 f M Charles Fourier, French socialist  

Apr 11   In the year 1772 manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo)  

Apr 19   On this day in history david Ricardo, economist  

Apr 19   On this day in history johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66  

Apr 30   On this day in history john Clais patents 1st scale  

May 01   In the year 1772 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52  

May 02   On this day in history novalis, writer  

May 11   In the year 1772 amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed  

May 11   In the year 1772 henri-Jean Rigel, composer  

May 11   Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged in the year 1772.  

May 20   On this day in history william Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket)  

Jun 06   Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago in the year 1772.  

Jun 08   Robert Stevenson, Glasgow, civil engineer on this day in history.  

Jun 08   The birth of Robert Stevenson, English engineer on this day in history.  

Jun 09   On this day in history 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion  

Jun 09   First Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion in the year 1772.  

Jun 10   Burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders in the year 1772.  

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

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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   Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1772.  

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   On this day in history death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)  

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

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 on this day in history.