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1768 in Great Britain
Summary
Events from the year
1768
in
Great Britain
.
1768 in Great Britain:
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1770
Countries of the United Kingdom
Scotland
Sport
1768 English cricket season
Incumbents
edit
Monarch
–
George III
Prime Minister
–
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
(
Whig
) (until 14 October);
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
(
Whig
) (starting 14 October)
[1]
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Events
edit
9 January –
Philip Astley
stages the first modern
circus
, with
acrobats
on galloping horses in
London
.
27 February – the first
Secretary of State for the Colonies
is appointed, the
Earl of Hillsborough
.
March –
general election
; Whigs remain in power.
[2]
17 March
The Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Sir
William Johnson
, concludes a peace agreement with the leaders of the Six Nations of the
Iroquois Confederacy
(the
Mohawk
,
Onondaga
,
Oneida
,
Cayuga
,
Seneca
and
Tuscarora
tribal nations) of the northern American lands, and with Chiefs
Oconostota
and
Attakullakulla
of the
Cherokee
nation in the southern American lands.
[3]
William Cookworthy
of
Plymouth
is granted a
patent
for the manufacture of true
porcelain
.
[4]
10 May –
John Wilkes
is imprisoned for writing an article for
The North Briton
severely criticising
King George III
. This action provokes protesters to riot; in
Southwark
, troops fire on the mob, killing seven, the
Massacre of St George's Fields
.
[5]
26 August –
James Cook
departs from
Plymouth
aboard
HMS
Endeavour
on his
first voyage of discovery
.
[6]
September – first
Birmingham Music Festival
held.
22–29 September – The
Massachusetts Convention of Towns
, assembling in
Boston
, resolves on a written objection to the impending arrival of British troops rather than more militant action but causes panic in London.
14 October –
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
, succeeds
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
, as
Prime Minister
after Pitt's resignation due to ill health.
[2]
10 December –
Royal Academy
founded in London, with
Joshua Reynolds
as its first
President
.
[7]
Undated
edit
Citizens of
Boston, Massachusetts
, refuse to quarter British troops.
Frederick Cornwallis
enthroned as
Archbishop of Canterbury
.
The
Theatre Royal, Bath
, and
Theatre Royal, Norwich
, assume these titles having been granted Royal Patents, making them officially England's only legal provincial
patent theatres
.
[8]
Foundation of the
Leeds Library
, the oldest surviving
subscription library
of its type in Britain.
[9]
Joseph Wright of Derby
's painting
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
.
Publications
edit
First of the weekly numbers of the
Encyclopædia Britannica
, edited by
William Smellie
, are published in
Edinburgh
(10 December); one hundred are planned.
An Essay upon Prints, containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty
by
William Gilpin
.
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
by
Laurence Sterne
.
[10]
A Six Weeks Tour, through the southern counties of England and Wales
by
Arthur Young
.
The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry
, by "A Society of Gentlemen", a group of members of the
Society for the Encouragement of Arts
, concludes publication in weekly numbers and first published in book form
Births
edit
22 March –
Bryan Donkin
, engineer and inventor (died 1855)
17 May
Caroline of Brunswick
, queen of
George IV
(died 1821)
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
, general (died 1854)
9 June –
Samuel Slater
, "father of the American Industrial Revolution" (died 1835 in the United States)
23 August –
Astley Cooper
, surgeon and anatomist (died 1841)
29 August –
John Fawcett
, actor (died 1837)
24 September –
Sharon Turner
, historian (died 1847)
2 October –
William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
, general and politician (died 1854)
Deaths
edit
1 February –
Sir Robert Rich
, cavalry officer (born 1685)
2 February –
Robert Smith
, mathematician (born
1689
)
8 February –
George Dance the Elder
, architect (born
1695
)
17 February –
Arthur Onslow
, politician (born
1691
)
18 March –
Laurence Sterne
, Irish-born English novelist (born
1713
)
15 June –
James Short
, mathematician and optician (born
1710
)
24 July –
Nathanial Lardner
, theologian (born
1684
)
3 August –
Thomas Secker
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
(born
1693
)
1 October –
Robert Simson
, mathematician (born
1687
)
17 November –
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
,
Prime Minister
(born
1693
)
[11]
26 November –
Edward Stone
,
polymath
(born
1702
)
date unknown
–
Mary Hervey
(born
1700
)
See also
edit
1768 in Wales
References
edit
^
Bryant, Christopher (2014).
Parliament: The Biography
. Doubleday.
ISBN
978-0-85752-224-5
.
^
a
b
Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd. pp. 224–225.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2
.
^
Weaver, Jace (2014).
The Red Atlantic: American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927
. University of North Carolina Press. p. 164.
^
Penderill-Church, John (1972).
William Cookworthy 1705–1780: a study of the pioneer of true porcelain manufacture in England
. Truro: Bradford Barton.
^
"St. George's Field Riot". Spartacus. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27
. Retrieved
2012-03-03
.
^
"Cook's Journal: Daily Entries, 26 August 1768". Archived from the original on 2007-09-23
. Retrieved
2019-12-10
.
^
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-14-102715-0
.
^
"Theatre Royal – Tate Wilkinson as Manager".
York Guides
. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26
. Retrieved
2011-02-25
.
^
Kaufman, Paul (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History".
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
.
57
(7): 1–67.
doi
:10.2307/1006043.
JSTOR
1006043.
^
Williams, Hywel (2005).
Cassell's Chronology of World History
. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
ISBN
0-304-35730-8
.
^
"History of Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle - GOV.UK".
www.gov.uk
. Retrieved
19 June
2023
.