What Happened In History Year 1772

Historical Events for the Year 1772

• 9th June » The Kingdom of Great Britain named British schooner 'Gaspée Affair or Gaspée' is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
• 5th August » The First Partition of Poland begins.
• 1st September » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Famous Birthdays in 1772

• 12th January » Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
• 6th February » George Murray (British Army officer) known as George Murray, Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (d. 1830)
• 6th February » Karl von Kügelgen, German painter (d. 1832)
• 8th March » Henry James Richter, German / English artist (d. 1857)
• 10th March » Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1829)
• 15th March » József Ficzkó, Slovene-Croatian priest and author (d. 1843)
• 4th April » Nachman of Breslov (d. 1810)
• 7th April » Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
• 15th April » Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist (d. 1844)
• 18th April » David Ricardo, English economist (d. 1823)
• 2nd May » Novalis, German author and poet (d. 1801)
• 4th May » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
• 20th May » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor, developed Congreve rockets (d. 1828)
• 22nd May » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)
• 6th June » Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (d. 1807)
• 24th August » William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
• 5th September » Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Iranian king (d. 1834)
• 27th September » Martha Jefferson Randolph, American wife of Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. (d. 1836)
• 21st October » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and philosopher (d. 1834)
• 25th October » Géraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
• 18th November » Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806) named Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (d. 1806)
• 28th November » Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist (d. 1864)

Famous Deaths in History for 1772

• 8th February » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
• 18th February » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 21st March » Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer (b. 1703)
• 22nd March » John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
• 26th March » Charles Pinot Duclos, French author (b. 1704)
• 29th March » Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher and theologian (b. 1688)
• 28th April » Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician (b. 1737)
• 1st May » Gottfried Achenwall, German economist and jurist (b. 1719)
• 22nd May » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687)
• 12th June » Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
• 15th June » Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (b. 1694)
• 18th June » Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and scholar (b. 1706)
• 18th June » Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (b. 1700)
• 31st August » William Borlase, English geologist and historian (b. 1695)
• 7th October » John Woolman, American preacher and activist (b. 1720)
• 8th October » Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
• 10th November » Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
• 7th December » Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695)

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