What Happened In 1766 - Historical Events 1766

Historical Events for the Year 1766

5th March » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spain known as Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
18th March » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act 1765 named Stamp Act.

6th January » Mihály Fazekas, Hungarian author (d. 1828)
13th February » Thomas Malthus, English economist (d. 1834)
14th February » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and scholar (d. 1834)
6th April » Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter (d. 1853)
17th April » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician (d. 1861)
22nd April » Germaine de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
6th July » Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
7th July » Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
8th July » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
6th August » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
6th September » John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844)
13th September » Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)
25th September » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1822)
29th September » Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (d. 1828)
23rd October » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (d. 1847)
27th October » Nancy Storace, English soprano (d. 1817)
2nd November » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
22nd November » Charlotte von Lengefeld, German author (d. 1826)
3rd December » Barbara Fritchie, American Civil War Unionist (d. 1862)
12th December » Nikolay Karamzin, Russian poet and historian (d. 1826)

1st January » James Francis Edward Stuart, English son of James II of England (b. 1688)
9th January » Thomas Birch, English historian (b. 1705)
14th January » Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
19th January » Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
21st January » James Quin, English actor (b. 1693)
5th February » Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
23rd February » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
4th April » John Taylor (classical scholar) known as John Taylor, English scholar (b. 1704)
7th April » Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
5th May » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
8th May » Samuel Chandler, English minister (b. 1693)
24th June » Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) or Foreign Minister of France (b. 1678)
9th July » Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
11th July » Elisabeth Farnese, Italian-Spanish wife of Philip V of Spain (b. 1692)
14th July » František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (b. 1674)
3rd September » Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
13th September » Benjamin Heath, English scholar (b. 1704)
9th November » Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (b. 1692)
12th December » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)