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

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

Aug 05   1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia on this day in history.   

Aug 05   In the year 1772 poland loses one-third of her territory and half her population as she is partitioned among Russia, Austria, and Prussia.   

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 in the year 1772.   

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

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   Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California in the year 1772.   

Sep 18   Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 10   Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer in the year 1772.   

Nov 11   On this day in history john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84   

Nov 18   In the year 1772 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

Dec 07   Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer in the year 1772.   

Dec 12   On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

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Jan 04   Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born on this day in history.   

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   Caspar Furstenau, composer was born in the year 1772.   

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

Mar 11   On this day in history george Reuter, composer, dies at 63   

Mar 21   Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1772 death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)   

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 in the year 1772.