1766 in Great Britain

1766 in Great Britain

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

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Whig (to 30 July), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Whig

Events

* 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.
* February - American Revolution: Parliament repeals the Stamp Act which is very unpopular in the British colonies.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=323–324] The persuasion of Benjamin Franklin is considered partly responsible.
* 18 March - The Declaratory Act asserts the right of Britain to make laws binding in the colonies.
* 30 July - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham dismissed as Prime Minister by King George III and is succeeded by William Pitt the Elder. [cite web|url=http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page164.asp|title=PMs in history, Marquess of Rockingham|accessdate=2007-08-10]
* 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.
* 5 December - Christie's auction house founded in London.

Undated

* 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.
* Construction of the Trent and Mersey Canal begins to connect the River Trent and River Mersey.
* The first golf club in England opens, at Blackheath in Kent.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 224-225|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Publication

* Oliver Goldsmith's novel "The Vicar of Wakefield".

Births

* 15 January - Nathan Drake, essayist and physician (died 1836)
* 14 February - Thomas Malthus, demographer and economist (died 1834)
* 11 May - Isaac D'Israeli, author (died 1848)
* 3 August - Jeffry Wyattville, architect and garden designer (died 1840)
* 6 August - William Hyde Wollaston, chemist (died 1828)
* 6 September - John Dalton, chemist and physicist (died 1844)
* 29 December - Charles Macintosh, chemist (died 1843)

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)
* "unknown date" - John Brown, essayist (born 1715)

References

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