Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   In the year 1772 burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders   

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

Jun 18   On this day in history gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72   

Jun 22   In the year 1772 slavery outlawed in England   

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 in the year 1772.   

Aug 11   In the year 1772 explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000   

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

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   In the year 1772 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

Aug 21   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   In the year 1772 henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader   

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

Sep 01   In the year 1772 mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California   

Sep 18   In the year 1772 martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer   

Sep 26   In the year 1772 new Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine   

Oct 04   Francois-Louis Perne, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1772 jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60   

Oct 21   Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner) in the year 1772.   

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

Oct 25   On this day in history corneille Vander Planken, composer   

Oct 30   Capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown in the year 1772.   

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   Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 11   John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 07   In the year 1772 joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer   

Dec 12   Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1772.   

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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 in the year 1772.   

Feb 22   In the year 1772 birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer   

Feb 26   Caspar Furstenau, composer was born in the year 1772.   

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   Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born in the year 1772.   

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 in the year 1772.   

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

Mar 22   In the year 1772 death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)   

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 in the year 1772.