1772
1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
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 making 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
DeathsFebruary 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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