1772

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17th century - 18th century - 19th century

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1772 in art
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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

\n* February 17 - First partition of Poland, by Russia and Prussia, later including Austria\n* May - Watauga Association formed in East Tennessee as the first independent Anglo-American government.\n* June 9 - British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island. \n* August 5 - First Partition of Poland begins. \n* 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 creating him an enlightened despot.\n* September 1 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California. \n* November 2 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.

Births

\n* March 10 - Friedrich von Schlegel, aesthetician, poet, and publicist (+ 1829)\n* April 7 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (+ 1837)\n* April 19 - David Ricardo, British Economist (+ 1823)\n* May 2 - Novalis, German poet (+ 1801)\n* May 20 - William Congreve, British rocket pioneer.\n* May 22 - Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu religious and social reformer\n* June 6 - Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, later wife of Emperor Francis II\n* August 2 - Louis Antoine de Bourbon-Condé, Duc d'Enghien\n* August 24 - Prince William VI of Orange, later King William I of the Netherlands\n* October 21 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, (+ 1834)\n* November 23 - Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg\n* Tuanku Imam Bonjol, Indonesian religious and military leader

Deaths

\n*February 8 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales.\n* March 26 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (born 1704)\n* March 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (born 1668)\n* September 30 - James Brindley, British canal builder (born 1716)\n* October 7 - John Woolman, American Quaker (born 1720)\n* Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (born 1711)\n* William Borlase, English antiquary (born 1695)\n* Louis Claude Daquin, French composer (born 1694)\n* Samuel Scott, English painter (born 1702)\n* Georg Reutter, Austrian composer (born 1708) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n