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 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Slavery outlawed in England on this day in history.   

Jul 13   Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas in the year 1772.   

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

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

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

Aug 11   Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 in the year 1772.   

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   In the year 1772 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   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   Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 31   In the year 1772 hurricane destroy ships off Dominica   

Sep 01   On this day in history mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California   

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

Sep 26   New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine on this day in history.   

Oct 04   Francois-Louis Perne, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1772.   

Oct 25   Corneille Vander Planken, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1772.   

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 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   On this day in history birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer   

Feb 22   In the year 1772 birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer   

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

Mar 10   Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born in the year 1772.   

Mar 27   In the year 1772 birth of giovanni Liverati, composer   

Mar 30   Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born in the year 1772.   

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   In the year 1772 robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73   

Mar 11   George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died in the year 1772.   

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.