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1766
was a
common year starting on Wednesday
(see link for calendar).
1766
Events
January
March
November
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
top
Events
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
returns to
Salzburg
after touring
Paris
and
London
with his father
Christian VII
becomes King of
Denmark
Lorraine
becomes French again on the death of
Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland
The
Burmese
begin to invade the
Thai
kingdom of
Ayutthaya
.
What is now
England
's oldest surviving Georgian
theatre
constructed in
Stockton-on-Tees
.
Childsburgh, the
Orange County
,
North Carolina
county seat laid out as Churton Town in
1754
and renamed in
1759
, is renamed
Hillsborough
in honor of
Wills Hill
,
Earl of Hillsborough
.
top
January
January 1
-
Bonnie Prince Charlie
becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of
Great Britain
as King Charles III and figurehead for
Jacobitism
.
top
March
March 5
-
Antonio de Ulloa
, the first Spanish governor of
Louisiana
, arrives in
New Orleans
.
March 18
-
American Revolution
: The
British Parliament
repeals the
Stamp Act
which was very unpopular in the British colonies. The persuasion of
Benjamin Franklin
is considered partly responsible. The
Declaratory Act
asserts the right of Britain to bind the colonies in all other respects.
top
November
November 10
- The last Colonial governor of
New Jersey
,
William Franklin
, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed
Rutgers University
).
top
Ongoing events
War of the Regulation
(
1764
-
1771
)
top
Births
February 14
-
Thomas Malthus
, English demographer and economist (died
1834
)
April 6
-
Charles Louis de Fourcroy
, Chevalier de la Legion D'honneur, French Mathematician and Scholar
April 22
-
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
, French author (died
1817
)
May 30
-
Robert Darwin
, Medical doctor and father of
Charles Darwin
(died
1848
July 8
-
Dominique Jean Larrey
, French surgeon (died
1842
)
August 6
-
William Hyde Wollaston
, English chemist (died
1828
)
September 6
-
John Dalton
, English chemist and physicist (died
1844
)
October 23
-
Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy
, French marshal (died
1847
)
November 2
-
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
, Austrian field marshal (died
1858
)
December 3
-
Barbara Fritchie
, U.S. patriot in Civil War (died
1862
)
top
Deaths
January 1
-
James Francis Edward Stuart
, "The Old Pretender" (born
1688
)
January 9
-
Thomas Birch
, English historian (born
1705
)
January 13
- King
Frederick V of Denmark
(born
1723
)
January 19
-
Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni
, French architect and painter (born
1695
)
January 21
-
James Quin
, English actor (born
1693
)
February 5
-
Leopold Josef Graf Daun
, Austrian field marshal (born
1705
)
February 23
-
Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland
(born
1677
)
April 4
-
John Taylor
, English classical scholar (born
1704
)
April 7
-
Tiberius Hemsterhuis
, Dutch philologist and critic (born
1685
)
May 5
-
Jean Astruc
, French physician and scholar (born
1684
)
May 8
-
Samuel Chandler
, English non-conformist minister (born
1693
)
June 24
-
Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles
, French soldier (born
1678
)
July 9
-
Jonathan Mayhew
, American minister and patriot (born
1720
)
July 11
-
Elizabeth Farnese
, queen of
Philip V of Spain
(born
1692
)
July 14
-
František Maxmilián Kaňka
, Czech architect (born
1674
)
September 3
-
Archibald Bower
, Scottish historian (born
1686
)
September 13
-
Benjamin Heath
, English classical scholar (born
1704
)
November 9
-
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
, Dutch composer (born
1692
)
December 12
-
Johann Christoph Gottsched
, German writer (born
1700
)
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