1768
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s |
| Years: | 1765 1766 1767 - 1768 - 1769 1770 1771 |
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| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1768 (MDCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1768
[edit] January - June
- January 9 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses (London).
- May 10 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
- May 15 - After the Treaty of Versailles, the island of Corsica is ceded by Genoa to France.
[edit] July - December
- August 8 - James Cook departs Plymouth on his first voyage of discovery.
- December 1 - The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
- December 21 - Nepal is united.
[edit] Undated
- The Petit Trianon, originally built for Madame de Pompadour, is achieved in the park of the Palace of Versailles and inaugurated by Louis XV.
- New Smyrna Beach, the largest attempt at colonization by the British in the New World, is founded by Dr. Andrew Turnbull.
- Samuel Adams' circular letter is sent around the colonies.
- A Secretary of State for the colonies is appointed in the Britain.
- The Massachusetts Assembly is dissolved for refusing to assist in the collection of taxes.
- Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops.
- The Gurkhas conquer Nepal.
- The first of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica are published; 100 are planned.
- The Steller's sea cow, discovered on Bering Island in 1741, is driven to extinction.
- Louis XV of France appoints Rene de Maupeau as chancellor and orders him to crush the judicial opposition.
[edit] Ongoing events
- War of the Regulation (1764-1771).
- Captain James Cook's first voyage (1768-1771).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1768 MDCCLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2521 |
| Armenian calendar | 1217 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -76 – -75 |
| Berber calendar | 2718 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2312 |
| Burmese calendar | 1130 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7276 – 7277 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年十一月十二日 (4404/4464-11-12) — to —
戊子年十一月廿三日(4405/4465-11-23) |
| Coptic calendar | 1484 – 1485 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1760 – 1761 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5528 – 5529 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1823 – 1824 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1690 – 1691 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4869 – 4870 |
| Holocene calendar | 11768 |
| Iranian calendar | 1146 – 1147 |
| Islamic calendar | 1181 – 1182 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiwa 5 (明和5年) |
| Korean calendar | 4101 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2311 |
- January 7 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples and Spain (d. 1844)
- January 28 - King Frederick VI of Denmark (d. 1839)
- February 12 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
- February 13 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (d. 1835)
- March 21 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1830)
- March 22 - Melesina Trench, Irish born writer and socialite (d. 1827)
- May 3 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
- May 17 - Caroline of Brunswick, queen of George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1821)
- May 17 - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
- May 20 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
- June 9 - Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
- July 27 - Charlotte Corday. French murderess of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
- August 6 - Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
- September 4 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (d. 1848)
- October 2 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
- November 18 - Zacharias Werner, German religious poet (d. 1823)
- November 21 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian (d. 1834)
- See also Category: 1768 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 1 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)
- February 2 - Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
- February 8 - George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
- February 17 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)
- March 1 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
- March 3 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (b. 1686)
- March 18 - Laurence Sterne, Irish writer (b. 1713)
- April 10 - Canaletto, Italian artist (b. 1697)
- April 29 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694)
- June 8 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical scholar and archaeologist (b. 1717)
- June 15 - James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
- June 19 - Benjamin Tasker, Provincial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
- July 6 - Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader
- July 24 - Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
- August 3 - Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1693)
- August 17 (N. S.) - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
- September 2 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
- October 1 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
- October 28 - Michel Blavet, French flutist (b. 1700)
- October 31 - Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (b. 1690)
- November 17 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1693)
- December 8 - Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (b. 1702)
- December 20 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)
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