Historical Events In 1772
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
Jan 01 inaugural traveler's cheques go on sale in London, can be used in 90 European cities. 


Jan 01 The firt traveler's checks issued (London). 


Jan 04 Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter. 


Feb 10 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 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75. 


Feb 12 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 


Feb 17 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria. 


Feb 22 Joseph Lipavsky, composer. 


Feb 26 Caspar Furstenau, composer. 


Mar 02 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 


Mar 10 Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde). 


Mar 11 George Reuter, composer, dies at 63. 


Mar 13 Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick. 


Mar 27 Giovanni Liverati, composer 


Mar 30 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer 


Apr 01 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer. 


Apr 07 F M Charles Fourier, French socialist 


Apr 11 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo) 


Apr 19 David Ricardo, economist 


Apr 19 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66. 


Apr 30 John Clais patents 1st scale 


May 01 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 


May 01 Measles in North America 


May 01 Persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people. 


May 02 Novalis, writer. 


May 11 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed 


May 11 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer. 


May 11 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged 


May 20 William Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket) 


Jun 06 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago 


Jun 08 Robert Stevenson, English engineer is born. 


Jun 08 Robert Stevenson, Glasgow, civil engineer 


Jun 09 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion 


Jun 09 inaugural Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion 


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