Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   On this day in history slavery outlawed in England   

Jul 13   In the year 1772 capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas   

Jul 25   On this day in history gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer   

Aug 05   1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia in the year 1772.   

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   Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general in the year 1772.   

Aug 11   On this day in history the birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general   

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 in the year 1772.   

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) in the year 1772.   

Aug 30   Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history hurricane destroy ships off Dominica   

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

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

Sep 26   In the year 1772 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 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   Capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1772.   

Nov 02   On this day in history boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms   

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

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   In the year 1772 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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

Dec 12   In the year 1772 johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

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Jan 04   Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born in the year 1772.   

Jan 12   Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born in the year 1772.   

Feb 22   Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 22   On this day in history birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer   

Feb 26   Caspar Furstenau, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 22   On this day in history 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.