1772
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s |
| Years: | 1769 1770 1771 - 1772 - 1773 1774 1775 |
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| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1772 (MDCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1772
[edit] January - June
- January 17 - Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda are arrested, leading to his execution and her banishment from Denmark.
- February 17 - The first partition of Poland is agreed to by Russia and Prussia, later including Austria.
- May - The Watauga Association is formed in East Tennessee.
- June 9 - The 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.
[edit] July - December
- August 5 - The First Partition of Poland begins.
- August 21 - The coup d'état 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 is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
- November 2 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1772 MDCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2525 |
| Armenian calendar | 1221 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -72 – -71 |
| Berber calendar | 2722 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2316 |
| Burmese calendar | 1134 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7280 – 7281 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年十一月廿七日 (4408/4468-11-27) — to —
壬辰年十二月初八日(4409/4469-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 1488 – 1489 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1764 – 1765 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5532 – 5533 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1827 – 1828 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1694 – 1695 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4873 – 4874 |
| Holocene calendar | 11772 |
| Iranian calendar | 1150 – 1151 |
| Islamic calendar | 1185 – 1186 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiwa 9An'ei 1 (安永元年) |
| Korean calendar | 4105 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2315 |
- March 10 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (d. 1829)
- April 7 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- April 19 - David Ricardo, British economist (d. 1823)
- May 2 - Novalis, German poet (d. 1801)
- May 20 - William Congreve, British rocket pioneer (d. 1828)
- May 22 - Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu religious and social reformer (d. 1833)
- August 2 - Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien (d. 1804)
- August 15 - Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, German inventor (d. 1838)
- August 24 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)
- October 21 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and philosopher, (d. 1834)
- October 25 - Geraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
- November 18 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
- date unknown - Tuanku Imam Bonjol, Indonesian religious and military leader (d. 1864)
- See also Category: 1772 births.
[edit] Deaths
- 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. 1688)
- 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)
- date unknown - Madhavrao Peshwa, ruler of India (b. 1745)
- Ahmad Shah "Dorr-e Dorran", King of Kabul, King of Herat, King of Kandahar, King of Peshawar (b. 1724)
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- See also Category: 1772 deaths.
