Historical Events In 1772

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

Jun 15   In the year 1772 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   On this day in history slavery outlawed in England   

Jul 13   On this day in history capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas   

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

Aug 05   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   In the year 1772 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   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 in the year 1772.   

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   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   In the year 1772 samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner)   

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

Nov 05   In the year 1772 johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50   

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   On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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

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

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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   On this day in history birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer   

Feb 22   Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born in the year 1772.   

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

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

Mar 27   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

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   Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died in the year 1772.   

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