Page 2: Historical Events In 1772

Jun 10   On this day in history burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders   

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 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   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   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   In the year 1772 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

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   In the year 1772 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   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   In the year 1772 francois-Louis Perne, composer   

Oct 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1772 the birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth   

Oct 25   In the year 1772 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 in the year 1772.   

Nov 02   In the year 1772 boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms   

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   In the year 1772 john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84   

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   In the year 1772 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer   

Feb 10   In the year 1772 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   In the year 1772 george Reuter, composer, dies at 63   

Mar 21   In the year 1772 death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)   

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

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 on this day in history.