1766 in Great Britain

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Events from the year 1766 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References 5 See also

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• What is now England's oldest surviving Georgian theatre constructed in Stockton-on-Tees.
• Henry Cavendish publishes his paper "On Factitious Airs". This is generally credited to show the discovery of hydrogen, since it describes the density of 'inflammable air', which formed water on combustion.
• 1 January - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism.
• 5 February - An observer in Wilmington, North Carolina, reports to the Edinburgh newspaper Caledonian Mercury that three ships were seized by British Men of War on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. The strict enforcement causes seven other ships to leave Wilmington for other ports.
• 20 February - The Pennsylvania Gazette reports that a British sloop outside of Wilmington, North Carolina seized one sloop sailing from Philadelphia and one sloop sailing from Saint Christopher on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. In response, local residents threaten to burn a Royal Man of War attempting to deliver stamps to Wilmington, forcing the ship to return to the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
• 18 March - American Revolution: Parliament repeals the Stamp Act which was very unpopular in the British colonies. The persuasion of Benjamin Franklin is considered partly responsible. The Declaratory Act asserts the right of Britain to bind the colonies in all other respects.
• 27 November - An observer in New York City, New York reports to the Pennsylvania Gazzette that a British Sloop of War is searching all vessels passing near Cape Lookout, North Carolina and that some vessels have been seized.

[edit] Births

• 14 February - Thomas Malthus, demographer and economist (died 1834)
•  ? May - Isaac D'Israeli, author (died 1848)
• 6 August - William Hyde Wollaston, chemist (died 1828)
• 6 September - John Dalton, chemist and physicist (died 1844)

• Nathan Drake, essayist and physician (died 1836)

[edit] Deaths

• 1 January - James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (born 1688)
• 9 January - Thomas Birch, English historian (born 1705)
• 21 January - James Quin, English actor (born 1693)
• 4 April - John Taylor, English classical scholar (born 1704)
• 8 May - Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (born 1693)
• 3 September - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (born 1686)
• 13 September - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (born 1704)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in Great Britain