Historical Events In 1772

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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Jan 04   In the year 1772 birth of paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter   

Jan 12   In the year 1772 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   On this day in history birth of caspar Furstenau, composer   

Mar 10   Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Giovanni Liverati, composer was born in the year 1772.   

Mar 30   In the year 1772 birth of johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer   

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

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   In the year 1772 george Reuter, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

Mar 26   Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died in the year 1772.   

Mar 29   On this day in history death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)