1772 Calendar
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1772 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1772
– The first traveler’s cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London, England, Great Britain.
June 9, 1772
– The British schooner Gaspée is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
August 5, 1772
– The First Partition of Poland begins.
August 19, 1772
– Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
August 21, 1772
– King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
September 1, 1772
– The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
November 2, 1772
– American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
Who Were Born On 1772?
January 12, 1772
– Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
April 7, 1772
– Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
April 19, 1772
– David Ricardo, English political economist (d. 1823)
May 2, 1772
– Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
June 6, 1772
– Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1807)
August 24, 1772
– King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
September 5, 1772
– Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar, Qajar king of Iran (d. 1834)
September 27, 1772
– Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1836)
October 21, 1772
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet (d. 1834)
November 28, 1772
– Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)