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* [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]], Venetian artist (born [[1696]]) |
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Revision as of 13:44, 12 February 2004
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
Years: 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 - 1770 - 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775
Events
- March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later.
- May 16 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France).
Year in topic
Births
- March 20 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist
- April 7 - William Wordsworth, English poet (+ 1850)
- May 22 - Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, third daughter of King George III
- August 3 - King Frederick William III of Prussia
- Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
- Georg Hegel, German philosopher
Deaths
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian artist (born 1696)
Heads of states
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- France - Louis XV King of France (1715-1774)
- Holy See - Clement XIV pope (1769-1774)
- Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
- Spain - Charles III King of Spain (1759-1788)
- Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (1751-1771)