1772 - What happened in 1772 ?


June 1772


Tuesday 09:

British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island.




July 1772


Monday 13:

HMS Resolution, under the command of Captain James Cook, set sail from Plymouth, England.




August 1772


Wednesday 05:

First Partition of Poland begins.


Friday 21:

King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing him as an enlightened despot.




September 1772


Tuesday 01:

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.




November 1772


Monday 02:

American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.



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