Today in History for Year 1768

Months in Year 1768: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 16 of 16

Jan 9th - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London.
Feb 11th - Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
Feb 15th - 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
Feb 20th - 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)
Apr 5th - 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)
May 10th - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
Jun 21st - 1st US bachelor of medicine degree (Dr John Archer)
Jul 7th - Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel
Jul 18th - Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
Aug 19th - Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Aug 25th - Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England on his 1st voyage onboard the Endeavour bound for the Pacific Ocean
Oct 1st - English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston
Oct 30th - 1st Methodist church in US initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
Dec 1st - The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
Dec 6th - 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
Dec 28th - King Taksin was coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 38 of 38

Jan 7th - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
Jan 10th - James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
Jan 28th - Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
Feb 4th - Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician
Feb 12th - Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)
Feb 13th - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (d. 1835)
Feb 15th - Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer
Mar 12th - Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer
Mar 13th - Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant
Mar 21st - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist
Apr 7th - Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer
Apr 19th - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist
May 2nd - Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
May 3rd - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
May 17th - Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV
May 17th - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
May 20th - Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison, 1st lady (1809-17)
Jun 9th - Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
Jun 30th - Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, 1st lady (1817-25)
Jul 27th - Charlotte Corday d'Armont, murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath
Aug 17th - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
Aug 27th - Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht)
Sep 1st - Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer
Sep 4th - Francois René de Chateaubriand, France, poet/novelist (Atala)
Sep 12th - Bemnjamin Carr, composer
Sep 14th - Georg Johann Schinn, composer
Sep 23rd - William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (Rights of Wallace)
Oct 2nd - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
Oct 11th - Adriaan van den Ende, Dutch vicar/educationalist
Oct 13th - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (d. 1839)
Oct 26th - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
Nov 8th - Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)
Nov 13th - Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
Nov 21st - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher
Nov 24th - Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer
Nov 30th - Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
Dec 6th - Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer
Dec 22nd - John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 35 of 35

Jan 1st - Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, dies at 73
Jan 10th - Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
Jan 28th - John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44
Feb 1st - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)
Feb 2nd - Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
Feb 8th - George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
Feb 17th - Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)
Mar 1st - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
Mar 3rd - Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at 81
Mar 14th - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58
Mar 18th - Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
Mar 21st - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
Apr 7th - Michel Mathieu, composer, dies at 78
Apr 19th - Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
Apr 20th - Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
Apr 29th - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694)
May 16th - Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
May 27th - Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
Jun 8th - Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50
Jun 15th - James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
Jun 19th - Benjamin Tasker, Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
Jul 4th - Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58
Jul 6th - Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78
Jul 11th - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer, dies at 66
Jul 24th - Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
Aug 17th - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
Sep 2nd - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
Oct 1st - Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80
Oct 28th - Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68
Oct 31st - Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78
Nov 1st - Pierre van Maldere, composer, dies at 39
Nov 4th - Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer, dies at 57
Nov 17th - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
Dec 8th - Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702)
Dec 20th - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)