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   Slavery outlawed in England in the year 1772.  

Jul 13   Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas in the year 1772.  

Jul 25   Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer in the year 1772.  

Aug 05   On this day in history 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia  

Aug 05   Poland loses one-third of her territory and half her population as she is partitioned among Russia, Austria, and Prussia on this day in history.  

Aug 11   Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 on this day in history.  

Aug 11   On this day in history rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general  

Aug 11   The birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish govt & restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720  

Aug 21   Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   In the year 1772 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.  

Aug 24   Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) in the year 1772.  

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

Aug 31   Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica in the year 1772.  

Sep 01   On this day in history mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California  

Sep 18   Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 26   On this day in history new Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine  

Oct 04   Francois-Louis Perne, composer in the year 1772.  

Oct 08   Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Oct 21   On this day in history samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner)  

Oct 21   In the year 1772 the birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth  

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

Oct 30   On this day in history capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown  

Nov 02   On this day in history 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.  

Nov 02   In the year 1772 boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms  

Nov 05   Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1772.  

Nov 10   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer in the year 1772.  

Nov 11   In the year 1772 john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84  

Nov 18   On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer  

Dec 07   On this day in history joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer  

Dec 12   On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41  

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Jan 04   Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)  

Feb 22   Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born in the year 1772.  

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   On this day in history birth of giovanni Liverati, composer  

Mar 30   On this day in history 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   Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 in the year 1772.  

Mar 11   George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1772.  

Mar 21   In the year 1772 death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)  

Mar 22   John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died on this day in history.  

Mar 26   In the year 1772 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)  

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