1772

Years: 1769 1770 1771 - 1772 - 1773 1774 1775
Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Template:C18YearInTopic

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.
June 22 - Lord Mansfield delivers the decision that leads to the end of slavery in England.
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.

February 8 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
February 18 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
March 21 - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
March 22 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
March 26 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
March 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1668)
May 1 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719)
May 22 - Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687)
June 15 - Louis Claude Daquin, French composer (b. 1694)
June 18 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (b. 1706)
June 18 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (b. 1700)
August 31 - William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
September 30 - James Brindley, British canal builder (b. 1716)
October 7 - John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
October 8 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
November 10 - Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
November 19 - William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
Madhavrao Peshwa, ruler of India (b. 1745)af:1772