Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   Burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders in the year 1772.   

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

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

Jul 25   Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer   

Oct 08   On this day in history 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   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   Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms on this day in history.   

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

Nov 10   In the year 1772 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer   

Nov 11   John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 in the year 1772.   

Nov 18   Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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Jan 04   In the year 1772 birth of paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter   

Jan 12   In the year 1772 birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)   

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 in the year 1772.   

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

Mar 27   Giovanni Liverati, composer was born in the year 1772.   

Mar 30   In the year 1772 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 in the year 1772.   

Mar 02   In the year 1772 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   John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.