1768

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s  1740s  1750s  – 1760s –  1770s  1780s  1790s
Years:	1765 1766 1767 – 1768 – 1769 1770 1771

1768 Media

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  January 9: Philip Astley presents first modern circus.

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  Maria Edgeworth by John Downman

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  JosephBonaparte

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  Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821)

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  KarađorđePetrović,byVladimirBorovikovsky,

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  GiovanniAntonioCanal

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  Johann Joachim Winckelmann

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  Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

1768 (MDCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1768th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 768th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1768, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London)
• May 10 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London
• Secretary of State for colonies appointed in Britain
• Massachusetts Assembly dissolved for refusing to assist collection of taxes.
• Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops
• France buys Corsica from Genoa
• Gurkhas conquer Nepal
• First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica are published; 100 are planned
• James Cook's first voyage: 1768-1771

Births

• 12 February 1768 Francis I of Austria

Deaths

• 3 March 1768 Nicola Porpora