1772

events

• 5. August: Contracts of Petersburg: First division of Poland (second division of Poland 1793, third division of Poland 1795)
• James Cook discovers those Kerguelen -
• the Lambert Farbenpyramide scientist develops islands Johann Heinrich
• Lambert determines in an experiment absurd after today's yardsticks the fact that also Eunuchen of current impacts feel

culture

• 29. January: Premiere of the opera La Fiera di Venezia of Antonio Salieri at the castle theatre in Vienna
• 13. March: Premiere of the civil tragedy Emilia Galotti of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in Braunschweig
• 17. August: Premiere of the amusing opera the war of Johann Adam Hiller in Berlin
• 5. November: Premierethe opera Themistokles of Johann Christian brook born in

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• 4. January: Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, German right scientist († 1840)
• 12. January: Mikhail Michailowitsch Speranski, Russian statesman and liberal Reformer († 1839)
• 2. February: Ferdinand Esslair, actor († 1840)
• 6. February: Gerhard of ball gene, German painter († 1820)
• 6. February: Karl von Kügelgen, Landschafts- and Historienmaler († 1832)
• 13. February: Henriette Hendel contactor, German actress († 1849)
• 16. February: Friedrich Gilly, German architect and building master († 1800)
• 20. February: Isaac Chauncey, US-American naval officer († 1840)
• 24. February: William Harris Crawford, US AmericanPolitician († 1834)
• 10. March: Friedrich of Schlegel, German culture philosopher († 1829)
• 17. March: Charles Leclerc d'Ostin, French general († 1802)
• 30. March: Johann William Wilms, composer († 1847)
• 7. April: Charles Fourier, French society theoretician († 1837)
• 15. April: Étienne Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, French zoologist († 1844)
• 18. April: David Ricardo, British political economist († 1823)
• 19. April: David Ricardo,English political economist († 1823)
• 21. April: Friedrich Christoph Perthes, German bookseller and publisher († 1843)
• 30. April: Karl Gustav Himly, German optician († 1837)
• 1. May: Karl Friedrich of gardner, GermanBotaniker and physician († 1850)
• 2. May: New fact-read, poets of the early romance († 1801)
• 4. May: Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 12. May: Heinrich menu of Minutoli, Swiss discoverer andAntiquity researcher († 1846)
• 19. May: Tobias Feilner, clay/tone goods manufacturer († 1839)
• 20. May: William Congreve, British artilleryman, engineer and rocket technician († 1828)
• 27. May: Marie Anne Lenormand, French Wahrsagerin († 1843)
• 17. June: Martin Schrettinger, German priest and librarian († 1851)
• 11. July: Pietro Carlo Guglielmi, Italian composer († 1817)
• 2. August: Louis Antoine Henri de Condé, Herzog von Enghien, French duke († 1804)
• 8. August: William August Lampadius, German hut chemist († 1842)
• 11. August: Eduard Joseph d'Alton, Anatom, archaeologist and Kupferstecher (occupation). († 1840)
• 11. August: Rowland Hill, 1. Viscount Hill, English general(† 1842)
• 15. August: Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, inventor and Hochstapler († 1838)
• 16. August: Anton farmer, German right scientist († 1843)
• 24. August: William I. (The Netherlands), first king of the Netherlands († 1843)
• 27. August: New fact-read, German poet of the early romance († 1801)
• 6. September: Carl God-dear Bell man, German musician († 1862)
• 14. September: Josef Alois equal, Austrian civil servant and theatre poet († 1841)
• 15. September: Friedrich Konrad horn man, Africa researcher († 1801)
• 24. September: Guillaume de Vaudoncourt, French general and war historian († 1845)
• 25. September: Henrich to Stolberg Wernigerode, regent over the county who Niger desert († 1854)
• 27. September: Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, composer († 1807)
• 27. September: Gordon Drummond, British general († 1854)
• 27. September: Sándor Kisfaludy, Hungarian poet and dramatist († 1844)
• 20. October: Johann HeinrichFerdinand Autenrieth, physician († 1835)
• 21. October: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British writer († 1834)
• 25. October: Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, French general and diplomat († 1813)
• 8. November: David Ferdinand Howaldt, Goldschmied(† 1850)
• 10. November: Horace François Sébastiani, French general, marshal of France († 1851)
• 10. November: January Kaňka, Czech composer († 1865)
• 11. November: August Hiller of fermenting rings, Prussian general († 1856)
• 18. November: Louis Ferdinand prince of Prussia, son of the prince Ferdinand of Prussia († 1806)
• 11. December: Hans's George von Carlowitz, Saxonian Minister († 1840)
• 12. December: Bertrand Clausel, French generaland marshal of France († 1842)

• Johann Christoph of Aretin, German journalist, historian, librarian and lawyer († 1824)

died

• 14. January: Maria of Hanover, land countess of Hessen Kassel (* 1723)
• 12. March: Franz de Paula Penz, minister and master of building of churches (* 1707)
• 22. March: John CAN clay/tone, English physicist (* 1718)
• 29. March: Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist, Mystiker and theologian (* 1688)
• 15. April: Karl Josef Batthyány, Austrian general and field marshal (* 1697)
• 22. April: Marie Duronceray, wife of Charles Simon Favart (* 1727)
• 28. April: Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and Minister at the Danish yard (* 1737)
• 1. May: Gottfried oh barrier, inventor of the term statistics (* 1719)
• 12. June: Mark Joseph Marion you Fresne, French discoverer (* 1724)
• 18. June: Gerard van Swieten, Austrian physician (* 1700)
• 1. July: Charles Watson Wentworth, 2. Marquess OF Rockingham, British prime minister (* 1730)
• 7. October: John Woolman, North American Wanderprediger and author (* 1720)
• 8. October: Jean Cassanéa de Mondonville, French violin virtuoso and composer(* 1711)
• 14. October: Frantisek Xaver Brixi, Czech composer, organist and Kapellmeister (* 1732)
• 29. October: Karl William Jerusalem, German lawyer (* 1747)
• 15. November: Johann Christian Senckenberg, physician and natural scientist(* 1707)
• 12. December: Johann Gottfried Seyfert, German composer (* 1731)
• 15. December: Pjotr Semjonowitsch Saltykow, Russian field marshal (* 1700)
• 28. December: Ernst Johann von Biron, Herzog von Kurland (* 1690)