1768 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1768 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Events
- 9 January - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses in London.
- 10 May - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticising King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
- 8 August - James Cook departed Plymouth on his first voyage of discovery.
- 14 October - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton succeeds William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham as Prime Minister after Pitt's resignation.
- 10 December - Royal Academy founded in London.
[edit] Unknown dates
- Secretary of State for colonies appointed.
- Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops.
- First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica are published; 100 are planned.
[edit] Births
- 17 May - Caroline of Brunswick, queen of George IV (d. 1821)
- 17 May - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, general (d. 1854)
- 2 October - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, general and politician (d. 1854)
[edit] Deaths
- 1 February - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, cavalry officer (b. 1685)
- 2 February - Robert Smith, mathematician (b. 1689)
- 8 February - George Dance the Elder, architect (b. 1695)
- 17 February - Arthur Onslow, politician (b. 1691)
- 15 June - James Short, mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
- 24 July - Nathanial Lardner, theologian (b. 1684)
- 1 October - Robert Simson, mathematician (b. 1687)
- 17 November - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister (b. 1693)
- Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1693)
