Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   On this day in history burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders   

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 in the year 1772.   

Jun 22   In the year 1772 slavery outlawed in England   

Jul 13   Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1772 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

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   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   Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California in the year 1772.   

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

Sep 26   On this day in history 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   The birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Corneille Vander Planken, composer on this day in history.   

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

Nov 02   In the year 1772 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   Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms in the year 1772.   

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

Nov 10   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer on this day in history.   

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

Nov 18   In the year 1772 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

Dec 07   Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer in the year 1772.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

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   On this day in history birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer   

Feb 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1772 birth of giovanni Liverati, composer   

Mar 30   Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1772 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

Mar 02   On this day in history robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73   

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

Mar 21   On this day in history death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)   

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

Mar 26   Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died on this day in history.   

Mar 29   Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died on this day in history.