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

Jan 12   Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 22   Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1772 birth of caspar Furstenau, composer   

Mar 10   Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 21   Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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