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1768

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s

Years: 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 - 1768 - 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773

Events

January 9 - Philip Astley[?] stages the first modern circus (London).
May 10 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the The North Briton[?] severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.

Births

January 7 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples and Spain (+ 1844)
January 28 - King Frederick VI of Denmark
February 12 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (+ 1835)
March 4 - August Friedrich Wilhelm Holtzhausen[?], engineer (+ 1827).
March 21 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist
May 17 - Caroline of Brunswick, Queen-Consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom
May 20 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (+ 1849)
November 21 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian

Deaths

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