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1772 In Great Britain
Events from the year 1772 in Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. Incumbents * List of British monarchs, Monarch – George III of the United Kingdom, George III * Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister – Frederick North, Lord North (Tories (British political party), Tory) Events * 24 March – Royal Marriages Act 1772 requires the monarch's consent for the marriage of all members of the royal family. * 28 May – Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal open for traffic throughout from a junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal to the River Severn at Stourport. Engineered by James Brindley, this is the first British trunk Canals of the United Kingdom, canal completed and its dimensions determine the size of boat used throughout the narrow canal network ( by ). * 10 June – credit crisis of 1772 is triggered when, following the flight of their partner Alexander Fordyce to France, the London banking house of Neal, James, Fordyce and Down (which has been speculati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1772
Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda are arrested, leading to his execution and her banishment from Denmark. * February 12 ** Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean. ** The Virginia Assembly amends an act to describe the punishments for the practice of gouging. * February 17 – The First Partition of Poland is agreed to by Russia and Prussia, later including Austria. * February 22 – The First Saudi State is founded in the Diriyah Emirate by Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin. * March 8 – Biela's Comet is first discovered by French astronomer Jacques Leibax Montaigne, but not proven to be a periodic comet until 1826, when Wilhelm von Biela correctly identifies its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
