1772

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Years:
1769 1770 1771 - 1772 - 1773 1774 1775

Decades:
1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s

Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1772 in art
1772 in literature
1772 in music
1772 in science

List of state leaders in 1772
List of religious leaders in 1772

Events

February 17 - First partition of Poland, by Russia and Prussia, later including Austria
May - Watauga Association formed in East Tennessee as the first independent Anglo-American government.
June 9 - British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island.
August 5 - First Partition of Poland begins.
August 21 - The coup d'etat by King Gustav III is completed by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and creating him an enlightened despot.
September 1 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
November 2 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.

Births

March 10 - Friedrich von Schlegel, aesthetician, poet, and publicist (+ 1829)
April 7 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (+ 1837)
April 19 - David Ricardo, British Economist (+ 1823)
May 2 - Novalis, German poet (+ 1801)
May 20 - William Congreve, British rocket pioneer.
May 22 - Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu religious and social reformer
June 6 - Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, later wife of Emperor Francis II
August 2 - Louis Antoine de Bourbon-Condé, Duc d'Enghien
August 15 - Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, inventor
August 24 - Prince William VI of Orange, later King William I of the Netherlands
October 21 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, (+ 1834)
November 23 - Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Tuanku Imam Bonjol, Indonesian religious and military leader

Deaths

February 8 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales.
March 26 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (born 1704)
March 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (born 1668)
September 30 - James Brindley, British canal builder (born 1716)
October 7 - John Woolman, American Quaker (born 1720)
Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (born 1711)
William Borlase, English antiquary (born 1695)
Louis Claude Daquin, French composer (born 1694)
Samuel Scott, English painter (born 1702)
Georg Reutter, Austrian composer (born 1708)
Madhavrao Peshwa, Peshwa ruler in India.

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