1772

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1740s  1750s  1760s  – 1770s –  1780s  1790s  1800s
Years:	1769 1770 1771 – 1772 – 1773 1774 1775

1772 Media

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  June 9: American protesters burn British ship HMS Gaspee.

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  August 5: First Partition of Poland

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  William I of the Netherlands

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  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  EmanuelSwedenborg

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  Jean-Joseph de Mondonville

1772 (MDCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1772nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 772nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1772, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• King Gustav III of Sweden makes a new constitution in Sweden, and gains total power.
• Marquis de Sade sentenced to death.

Births

• May 20-Sir William Congreve, English inventor.
• August 24 – King William I of the Netherlands

Deaths

• March 29 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish thinker and mathematician