Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1772
Birthdays
- January 12 - Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
- March 10 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)
- April 4 - Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)
- April 7 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- April 15 - Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
- April 18 - David Ricardo, English economist (d. 1823)
- May 2 - Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
- May 4 - Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
- May 20 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
- May 22 - Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)
- June 6 - Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress consort (d. 1807)
- August 24 - King William I of the Netherlands, (d. 1840)
- September 27 - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1836)
- October 21 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet (d. 1834)
- October 25 - Geraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
- November 18 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
- November 28 - Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)
Deaths
- February 8 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
- February 18 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff
- March 21 - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
- March 22 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
- March 26 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
- March 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
- April 28 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
- May 1 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719)
- May 22 - Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687)
- June 12 - Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
- June 15 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (b. 1694)
- June 18 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (b. 1706)
- June 18 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (b. 1700)
- August 31 - William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
- September 30 - James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)
- October 7 - John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
- October 8 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (b. 1711)
- November 10 - Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
- November 19 - William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
Events
- January 1 - The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London.
- June 9 - The British ship Gaspee is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
- August 5 - The First Partition of Poland begins.
- August 19 - Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
- August 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 himself as an enlightened despot.
- September 1 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
- November 2 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
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