Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   Burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders on this day in history.   

Jun 15   Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 in the year 1772.   

Jun 18   In the year 1772 gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72   

Jun 22   In the year 1772 slavery outlawed in England   

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

Aug 11   In the year 1772 rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general   

Aug 11   In the year 1772 the birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general   

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   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   On this day in history willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

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

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   New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine in the year 1772.   

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

Oct 25   Corneille Vander Planken, composer in the year 1772.   

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

Nov 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50   

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   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   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   On this day in history birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)   

Feb 22   In the year 1772 birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer   

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

Feb 26   On this day in history birth of caspar Furstenau, composer   

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   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   On this day in history death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

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   In the year 1772 death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)   

Mar 22   John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died in the year 1772.   

Mar 26   On this day in history death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

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