1768 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from โ€œThe Extremes of Good and Evilโ€ by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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Historical Event(s)

– In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
– John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
– James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
– Saint Isaac’s Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
– James Cook begins his first voyage.
– Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
– Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
– The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
– The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
– King Taksin’s coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Who Were Born On ?

– Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
– Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
– Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
– Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French cavalry commander (d. 1815)
– Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
– Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
– Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
– François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat (d. 1848)
– Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
– Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)