1768

events

• 6. December - appears the first volume to the first expenditure of the Encyclopædia Britannica

• the Russian-Turkish war begins (ends 1774 victoriously for the Russiansunder Katharina of the large ones)

culture

• 18. May: Premiere of the amusing opera the love in the country born of Johann Adam

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• 7. January: Joseph Bonaparte, king of Neapel and Spain(† 1844)
• 17. January: Sebastian of driving countries, Swiss physician and politician († 1841)
• 17. January: Smith Thompson, judge at US supreme the Court († 1843)
• 24. January: Friedrich Erhardt of Röder, Prussian generalthe Kavallerie († 1834)
• 25. January: Justus Erich whale tree, German Typograf, writing caster and stamp cutter († 1839)
• 28. January: Friedrich VI. (Denmark), king of Denmark and of Norway († 1839)
• 1. February: Alexandre Jacques BernardLaw de Lauriston, French general, marshal of France († 1828)
• 12. February: Franz II. Joseph Karl (HRR), emperors of the holy Roman realm and as Franz I. Emperor of Austria († 1835)
• 12. February: Josephof Hazzi, Bavarian civil servant († 1845)
• 13. February: Édouard Adolphe Mortier, marshal of France († 1835)
• 14. February: Paul Usteri, liberal Swiss journalist and politician († 1831)
• 20. February: Vinzenz Ferreriusof Bianchi, duke of Casalanza, Austrian general († 1855)
• 25. February: Friedrich of ennobling, German lawyer and philosopher († 1843)
• 1. March: Pierre Coudrin, French priest and medal founder († 1837)
• 4. March: Johann Friedrich child, German writer († 1843)
• 15. March: Maria Anna Czartoryski, Polish authoress († 1854)
• 21. March: Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist († 1830)
• 27. March: Joseph Schreyvogel, Austrian writer († 1832)
• 14. April: William Kaspar Ferdinand of thorn mountain, general († 1850)
• 22. April: Friedrich David Gräter, founder of the scientific Nordistik in Germany († 1830)
• 23. April: Friedrich Groos, German physician and philosopher († 1852)
• 23. April: José Álvarez, Spanish sculptor († 1827)
• 3. May: Agustín Eyzaguirre, president of Chile (1823, 1826-27) († 1837)
• 5. May: Karl Friedrichof the Knesebeck, Prussian general field marshal († 1848)
• 17. May: Henry William Paget, 1. Marquess OF Anglesey, British general and statesman († 1854)
• 12. June: Johann Gottfried Pahl, württembergischer author, clergyman and politician († 1839)
• 25. June: Lazare Hoche, French general of the revolution time († 1797)
• 6. July: Heinrich baking-oven, German composer and Klarinettist († 1830)
• 27. July: Joseph Anton cook, Austrian painter († 1839)
• 1. August: Karl Ludwig von Haller, Schweizer Staatsrechtler († 1854)
• 6. August: Jean Baptiste Bessières, French general († 1813)
• 15. August: Christoph of forge, Germans poet and youth book author († 1854)
• 17. August: Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general († 1800)
• 22. August: Johann Friedrich God-dear Delbrück, Prussian theologian and paedagogue († 1830)
• 24. August: Julius of Voss, German writer († 1832)
• 27. August: Charlotte Corday, French noble ones and Attentäterin († 1793)
• 27. August: Joseph Vitus castle, bishop of Mainz († 1833)
• 4. September: François René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat († 1848)
• 21. September: Louis Emmanuel Jadin, French composer and professor († 1853)
• 25. September: Gottfried Mind, Swiss draughtsman († 1814)
• 2. October: William Carr Beresford, British general and Portuguese marshal († 1854)
• 6. October: Josef Madersperger, cutter master and one the inventor of the sewing machine († 1850)
• 17. October: Israel Jacobson, Jewish Reformer († 1828)
• 17. October: Sophie of DO-hope, wife Prussian king (Friedrich William II.) († 1838)
• 28. October: Johannes Daniel Falk, theologian and writer († 1826)
• 31. October: Juan Egaña Risco, Chilean president († 1836)
• 31. October: Simon Moritz of Bethmann, German banker († 1826)
• 2. November: Carl Bonaventura Witzka, German composer and catholic theologian († 1848)
• 13. November: Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor († 1844)
• 18. November: Zacharias Werner, German dramatist († 1823)
• 21. November: Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, Protestant theologian and philosopher († 1834)
• 24. November: George Friedrich Rebmann, German journalist († 1824)
• 26. November: Ferdinand of Bubna and Littitz, Austrian field marshal second lieutenant († 1825)

Died

• 27. February: Johann Caspar Ulrich, reformed minister pietistischer direction from Switzerland (* 1705)
• 1. March: Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Wegbereiter of the scientific Bible criticism (* 1694)
• 3. March: Nicola Antonio Porpora,Italian composer and singing teacher (* 1686)
• 18. March: Laurence of stars, British writer (* 1713)
• 14. April: Francois de Cuvilliés, French-German building master (* 1690)
• 19. April: Giovanni Antonio Canal, Italian landscape painter (* 1697)
• 24. April: Johann Valentin table-leg, painter in leaves oh, Maastricht, the Hague, Hildburghausen (* 1715)
• 8. June: Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and art writer (* 1717)
• 24. June: Johann Julius Hecker,is considered to 24 as a founder of the practice-oriented six-form high school (* 1707
• ). June: Maria Leszczyńska, Ehefrau of the French king Ludwig XV. (* 1703)
• 28. June: George Hadley, English physicist and Meteoroligist (* 1685)
• 4. July: Johann Gottfried boron-laugh, Kurfürstlich Saxonian mountain advice (* 1687)
• 11. July: José de Nebra, Spanish composer (* 1702)
• 14. July: James Short, British mathematician, Optiker and telescope farmer (* 1710)
• 11. September: Joseph Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (* 1688)
• 12. September: Johann Christoph of Dreyhaupt, German historian (* 1699)
• 17. October: Ludwig VIII. (Hessen darmstadt), land count of Hessen darmstadt (* 1691)
• 28. October: Michel Blavet, French seamistand composer (* 1700)
• 31. October: Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian Violinist and composer (* 1690)
• 10. November: Johann Jacob Leu, Enzyklopädist, mayor von Zürich and banker (* 1689)
• 17. November: Thomas Pelham Holles,1. Duke OF Newcastle, British politician (* 1693)
• 8. December: Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuiten Missionar and painter (* 1702)

• Felix Benda, böhmischer composer (* 1708)