Year 1767 (MDCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Events and Trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies World leaders Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774) George... Events and Trends The War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) rages. ... Scientific navigation is developed The Seven Years War (1756-1763) fought between two rival alliances: the first consisting of the Kingdom of Great Britain, Hanover, and Prussia; the second consisting of Austria, France, Imperial Russia, Saxony, and Sweden. ... Events and Trends King George III ascends the British throne in 1760. ... Events and Trends For more events, see 18th century United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress (July 4, 1776). ... Nothing much really happened in the 1780s only that Mary-Anne Tobin was hung in public for wearing a flase beard and voting. ... Events and Trends French Revolution (1789 - 1799). ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1765 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For the village in Queensland, see 1770, Queensland. ... The decade of the 1760s in archaeology involved some significant events. ... The year 1767 in architecture involved some significant events. ... See also: 1766 in art, other 1767 events, 1768 in art, and list of years in art. ... See also: 1766 in literature, other events of 1767, 1768 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1766 in music, other events of 1767, 1768 in music, list of years in music. ... The year 1767 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. ... 1766 state leaders - Events of 1767 - 1768 state leaders - State leaders by year // Africa Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764-1777) Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774) Zulu - Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781) Asia Afghanistan - Ahmad Shah, King of Afghanistan (1747-1772) China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong... 1766 colonial governors - Events of 1767 - 1768 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year See also: List of state leaders in 1767 List of religious leaders in 1767 List of international organization leaders in 1767 Portugal Angola - Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1764-1772) Macau - Jose Placido... Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... This is the calendar for any common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... This is the calendar for a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G), e. ... The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ...

Events of 1767

Tahiti & Pitcairn Island are sighted.

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January - June

• January 1 - Nautical Almanac for the first time gives mariners the means to find their longitude while at sea, using tables of lunar distances.
• January 9 - William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace; a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront.
• June 19 - Jean Chastel kills the infamous Beast of Gévaudan by firing 2 silver bullets at it because he thought it was a werewolf. The Beast's Reign of Terror began in 1764.
• June 18 - Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
• June 29 - The Townshend Acts are passed by British Parliament, placing a tax on common products, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.

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July - December

• July 3 - Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
• July 3 - Norway's oldest newspaper, still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date).

1767: Ayutthaya.

• August 26 - Construction begins on Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina. The construction proves more expensive than initially expected, leading the government to increase local taxes. This stirs resentment among some North Carolinians and helps prolong the War of the Regulation.

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Undated

• The Burmese army captures the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, and destroys the city.
• North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky - in defiance of a decree from King George III. He discovers a rich hunting ground, contested by several Native American tribes.
• American Whalers venture into the Antarctic for the first time, and begin to commercially exploit it.
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau settles in England.

Biathlon.

• First known competition of winter sport biathlon takes place, in Norway.
• The final volume of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne is published.
• Mozart completes his first true opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus.
• The term "fine art" is first used.
• Suppression of the Society of Jesus occurs in the Spanish Empire.
• Construction begins on the Putuo Zongcheng Temple complex in Chengde, China, under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.

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Ongoing events

• War of the Regulation (1764-1771).

1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Births

• January 1 - Maria Edgeworth, Irish novelist (died 1849)
• March 15 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (died 1845)
• March 25 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (died 1815)
• April 25 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (died 1847)
• May 12 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (died 1851)
• July 4 - Kyokutei Bakin, Japanese author (died 1848)
• July 11 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (died 1848)
• July 28 - James A. Bayard (elder), U.S. Senator from Delaware (died 1815)
• September 20 - José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian composer (died 1830)
• October 25 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (died 1830)
• November 22 - Andreas Hofer, Austrian national hero (died 1810)
• date unknown - Bernhard Meyer, German physician and ornithologist (died 1836)
• date unknown - Black Hawk, Sac Indian Chief (died 1837)

See also Category: 1767 births.

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Deaths

• January 7 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (born 1703)
• January 22 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (born 1719)
• March 7 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (born 1680)
• April 7 - Franz Sparry, composer (born 1715)
• June 25 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (born 1681)
• September 4 - Charles Townshend, English politician (born 1725)
• December 1 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (born 1710)
• December 22 - John Newbery, English publisher (born 1713)
• date unknown - Firmin Abauzit, French scientist (born 1679)

See also Category: 1767 deaths.