1768 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1768?
- January 9, 1768 – In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
- May 10, 1768 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
- June 21, 1768 – James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
- August 19, 1768 – Saint Isaac’s Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- August 25, 1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage.
- August 26, 1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
- November 5, 1768 – Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
- December 1, 1768 – The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
- December 6, 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- December 28, 1768 – King Taksin’s coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
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