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 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   1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000   

Aug 11   Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general on this day in history.   

Aug 11   The birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1772.   

Aug 24   In the year 1772 willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

Aug 30   On this day in history henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader   

Aug 31   Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica in the year 1772.   

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

Sep 18   Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer in the year 1772.   

Sep 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner)   

Oct 21   In the year 1772 the birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth   

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

Nov 05   Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 10   In the year 1772 birth of friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)   

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   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 in the year 1772.   

Mar 02   Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 in the year 1772.   

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 in the year 1772.   

Mar 26   In the year 1772 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

Mar 29   Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died in the year 1772.