1766 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1766?
- March 5, 1766 – Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- March 18, 1766 – American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
- November 10, 1766 – The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen’s College (later renamed Rutgers University).
- December 5, 1766 – In London, James Christie holds his first sale.
Who Were Born In The Year 1766?
- January 6, 1766 – Mihály Fazekas, Hungarian author (d. 1828)
- February 14, 1766 – Thomas Robert Malthus, English demographer and political economist (d. 1834)
- April 6, 1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and printmaker (d. 1853)
- April 22, 1766 – Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
- July 6, 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d. 1813)
- July 7, 1766 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
- July 8, 1766 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
- August 6, 1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
- September 6, 1766 – John Dalton, British chemist and physicist (d. 1844)
- September 13, 1766 – Samuel Wilson, possible namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)
- September 25, 1766 – Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (d. 1822)
- September 29, 1766 – Charlotte, Princess Royal, German queen (d. 1828)
- October 23, 1766 – Emmanuel, Marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847)
- October 27, 1766 – Nancy Storace, the first soprano to sing Susanna in Mozart’s opera Le nozze di Figaro (d. 1817)
- November 2, 1766 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
- November 16, 1766 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831)
- December 1, 1766 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
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