Notable Historical Events - 1772
1772 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
First traveler's cheques go on sale in London, can be used in 90 European cities |
Feb 12 |
Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India |
Feb 17 |
1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria |
Mar 13 |
Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti" premieres in Brunswick |
Apr 30 |
John Clais patents 1st scale |
May 11 |
Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed |
Jun 6 |
Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago |
Jun 9 |
1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion |
Jun 9 |
1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI |
Jun 10 |
Burning of British revenue cutter Gaspée by Rhode Islanders |
Jun 12 |
Marion du Fresne is killed at Tacoury's Cove, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, by local Māori |
Jun 22 |
Somerset v Stewart UK court case finds slavery unsupported by English common law, encourages abolitionist movement |
Jul 13 |
Captain James Cook begins 2nd voyage aboard the Resolution to the South Seas to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent) |
Aug 5 |
1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia |
Aug 11 |
Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 |
Aug 19 |
Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government & restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 |
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. |
Aug 31 |
Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica |
Sep 1 |
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California |
Sep 26 |
New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine |
Oct 30 |
Captain Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown |
Nov 2 |
Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms |
Dec 22 |
Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny |
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