Explore 456 historical events from 1770–1779.
John MacCulloch FRS was a Scottish geologist. He was the first geologist to be employed by the government in Britain and is best known for his pioneering texts on geology and for p…
John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835)
Louis Philippe I, nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, the penultimate monarch of France, the last French monarch to bear the title "King", and the…
Louis Philippe I of France (died 1850)
Ali Bey al-Kabir was a mamluk who served as shaykh al-balad of Ottoman Egypt in 1760–1766 and 1767–1772. He was effectively the strongman of Egypt and in 1769 practically pursued i…
Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (born 1728)
Alban Butler was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College in Douay, France, where he later taught philosophy a…
Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (born 1710)
Wolraad Woltemade 1708 – 1 June 1773 was a Cape Dutch dairy farmer, who died while rescuing sailors from the wreck of the ship De Jonge Thomas in Table Bay on 1 June 1773. The stor…
Wolraad Woltemade, South African folk hero (born 1708)
Francisco José Freire was a Portuguese historian and philologist.
Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (born 1719)
Johann Joachim Quantz was a German composer, flautist and flute maker of the late Baroque period. Much of his professional career was spent in the court of Frederick the Great, whe…
Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (born 1697)
George Edwards was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology".
George Edwards, English biologist and ornithologist (born 1693)
Stanisław Konarski, Sch.P. was a Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist priest and precursor of the Enlightenment in the Polish–Lithuani…
Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1700)
Enrique or Henrique Flórez de Setién y Huidobro was a Spanish historian.
Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (born 1701)
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton,, known between 1751 and 1756 as Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, was a British politician and writer who served as Chancellor of the Excheq…
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1709)
Narayanrao was the 10th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, serving from November 1772 until his assassination in August 1773. He was the third and youngest son of Balaji Baji Rao a…
Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (born 1755, assassinated)
Johan Ernst Gunnerus was a Norwegian bishop and botanist. Gunnerus was born at Christiania. He was bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1758 until his death and also a professor o…
Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (born 1718)
Amédée-François Frézier was a French military engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer who is best remembered for bringing back five specimens of Fragaria chiloensis, the beach s…
Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (born 1682)
The Partition Sejm was a Sejm lasting from 1773 to 1775 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, convened by its three neighbours in order to legalize their First Partition of Poland…
The Polish Partition Sejm met to discuss the First Partition of Poland, carried out the previous year by Russia, Prussia
Charles Messier was a French astronomer. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters, which came to be known as the Messier objects, referred…
French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy (pictured), an interacting, grand design spiral…
Alexander Fordyce was a Scottish banker, centrally involved in the bank run on Neale, James, Fordyce and Down which led to the credit crisis of 1772. He fled abroad and was declare…
Alexander Fordyce flees to France to avoid debt repayment, triggering the credit crisis of 1772 in the British Empire an
Gustav III, also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.
Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power…
Gustav III, also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.
King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule…
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded September 1, 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in San Luis Obispo, California. The mission was named after San Luis, obis…
The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
David Ricardo was a British economist and politician. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and…
David Ricardo, British economist and politician (died 1823)
Great Britain, officially the Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and …
The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne was a French privateer, East India captain, and explorer. The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geograp…
French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men are killed by Māori in New Zealand
The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The growth of p…
First Partition of Poland: The representatives of Austria, Prussia, and Russia sign three bilateral conventions…