1767

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s  1740s  1750s  – 1760s –  1770s  1780s  1790s
Years:	1764 1765 1766 – 1767 – 1768 1769 1770

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  April 7: Ayutthaya (in modern-day Thailand) is sacked by the troops of the Burmese Konbaung dynasty

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  • 78-year-old Andrew Jackson
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  John Quincy Adams* * oil on canvas * 76.52 x 63.5 cm * 1796

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  Georg Philipp Telemann

1767 (MDCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1767th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 767th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1767, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• July 2 – Pitcairn Islands discovered (found) by Captain Philip Cartaret in HMS Swallow

Births

• March 15 – Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (d. 1845)
• July 11 – John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States (d. 1848)