Important Events in 1772
- Jun 22 Somerset v Stewart court case finds slavery unsupported by English common law, encouraging the abolitionist movement
- Jul 13 Captain James Cook begins 2nd voyage aboard the Resolution to the South Seas to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent)
- Aug 21 King Gustav III of Sweden completes a coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot, ending 50 years of parliamentary rule
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Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWorld Leaders in 1772
Frederick North
British Prime Minister- Frederick the Great
King of Prussia
Frederick North
Frederick the GreatFamous Weddings in 1772
- Jan 1 US founding father Thomas Jefferson (30) marries Martha Wayles Skelton (23)
- Mar 28 Charles Edward Stuart 'the Young Pretender' (52) marries by proxy Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (20)
Famous People Who Died in 1772
- Feb 8 Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, dies at 52
- Feb 10 Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein and general, dies at 75
- Feb 18 Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
- Mar 2 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73
- Mar 11 Johann George Reutter, composer, dies at 63
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