1768 - What happened in 1768 ?
January 1768
Saturday 09:
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).
May 1768
Tuesday 10:
John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
» May 1768
August 1768
Friday 19:
Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Thursday 25:
James Cook begins his first voyage.
December 1768
Tuesday 06:
First edition of the Encyclopędia Britannica is published.
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