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Contents. hide. Beginning. Events. Births. Deaths. 1766. Events. March 18 – Britain repeals the Stamp Act after American protests. Births. February 14 – Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (died 1834) April 6 – Charles Louis de Fourcroy, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, French Mathematician and Scholar.
Contents. Great Rebellion of 1766. American colonial history. Learn about this topic in these articles: discontent against manor lords. In United States: Political growth. The Great Rebellion of 1766, a short-lived outburst directed against the manor lords, was a symptom of the widespread discontent among the lower and middle classes.
Non-fiction. Births. Deaths. References. 1766 in literature. This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1766 . Events. Early – The young Fanny Burney pays one of many visits to Samuel Crisp, a frustrated author and friend of her father living in retirement at Chessington Hall, England. [1]
The Dutch-Kandy War of 1764-1766 marked a military conflict between the Dutch and the Kingdom of Kandy, culminating in the occupation of Kandy by Dutch forces and the subsequent transfer of the entire coastal territory to Dutch control. Background The Dutch administration pursued a territorial expansion strategy that contrasted with the prior ...
Dec ember. Highlights. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Weddings. Feb 11 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia. Feb 14 Dutch governor Falck and King Keerthisiri Rajasinghe of Kandy sign Treaty of Batticaloa. Mar 5 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Territory from the French.
November 29 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart returns to Salzburg after the Mozart family grand tour of Europe. unknown dates. Niccolò Piccinni is invited to Paris by Queen Marie Antoinette. [3] The new Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm is completed as an opera house.
Historical documents. Secretary of State Conway suggests Gov. Murray be recalled from Quebec immediately, and George III concurs, referring to "many heavy charges" against him [2] Two ministers support judicial reforms for Quebec, including superior court with French-speaking justices, and tolerance of local customs [3] " Two nations are to be ...
