Page 2: Historical Events In 1772
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Jun 10 Burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders in the year 1772.
Jun 15 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 in the year 1772.
Jun 18 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1772 explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
Aug 11 Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general in the year 1772.
Aug 11 The birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general in the year 1772.
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 on this day in history.
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 Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader in the year 1772.
Aug 31 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica in the year 1772.
Sep 01 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California on this day in history.
Sep 18 On this day in history 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 in the year 1772.
Oct 21 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner) in the year 1772.
Oct 21 The birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth on this day in history.
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 In the year 1772 boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms
Nov 05 On this day in history johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50
Nov 10 On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer
Nov 11 John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 on this day in history.
Nov 18 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on this day in history.
Dec 07 On this day in history joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer
Dec 12 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
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