Year1768

Historical Events in 1768

W 1
T 2
F 3
S 4
S 5
M 6
T 7
W 8
T 9
F 10
S 11
S 12
M 13
T 14
W 15
T 16
F 17
S 18
S 19
M 20
T 21
W 22
T 23
F 24
S 25
S 26
M 27
T 28
W 29
T 30

Events by Year

Jan 9 Philip Astley stages the world's first modern circus in London

Massachusetts Circular Letter

Feb 11 Samuel Adams' letter opposing taxes in the Townshend Act circulates around the American colonies

Founding Father and StatesmanSamuel Adams

Feb 15 First mustard manufactured in America is advertised in Philadelphia
Feb 20 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens in Pennsylvania

Polish Bar Confederation

Feb 29 Polish noblemanCasimir Pulaski joins the Bar Confederation to defend the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against Russian influence

Apr 5 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)
Apr 6 French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's expedition arrives in Tahiti, claiming it for France and naming it New Cythera[1]

1st Resistance to the British

Apr 9 John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies

Statesman and Founding FatherJohn Hancock

May 9 John Hancock pays duties on 25 pipes of wine, only one fourth of his ship's carrying capacity. British officials accuse him of unloading the rest during the night to avoid paying duties on the entire cargo.

John Wilkes Imprisoned

May 10 English radicalJohn Wilkes imprisoned for writing an article for "The North Briton" severely criticizing KingGeorge III. This action provokes rioting in London.

King of Great Britain and IrelandGeorge III

Radical Journalist and PoliticianJohn Wilkes

Jun 10 British customs officials seizeJohn Hancock's ship, "The Liberty", on the suspicion that Hancock had illegally unloaded cargo without paying duties a month earlier
Jun 10 Riot breaks out in Boston after customs officials seize sloop owned byJohn Hancock for alleged customs violation
Jun 21 1st medical diploma in America is granted to Dr John Archer from the College of Philadelphia
Jul 7 Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel
Jul 18 Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song", America's 1st patriotic song
Aug 19 Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Cook's First Voyage

Aug 25 CaptainJames Cook departs from Plymouth, England, bound for the Pacific Ocean on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour

Oct 1 British troops under General Thomas Gage land in Boston
Oct 30 First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
Dec 1 The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway (rediscovered 1974)
Dec 10 First part (number) of the Encyclopedia Britannica is published in Edinburgh, Scotland

Movatterモバイル変換