1772 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1772 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Frederick North, Lord North, Tory

Events

* 24 March - Royal Marriages Act 1772 requires the monarch's consent for the marriage of all members of the royal family.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 225-227|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* June - Honourable East India Company threatened with bankruptcy following a financial crisis in Scotland.
* 22 June - Somersett's Case: Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice delivers the decision that leads to the end of slavery.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=327]
* 14 September - New canal links Birmingham to the River Severn.
* 2 November - "The Morning Post" newspaper published for the first time.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]

Undated

* Daniel Rutherford discovers nitrogen.
* Warren Hastings of the British East India Company becomes governor of Bengal in India.
* Navigator James Cook embarks on a second Pacific voyage.

Births

* 19 April - David Ricardo, economist (d. 1823)
* 22 April - George Cockburn, naval commander (d. 1853)
* 20 May - William Congreve, rocket pioneer (d. 1828)
* 21 October - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher, (d. 1834)

Deaths

* 8 February - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
* 22 March - John Canton, physicist (b. 1718)
* 31 August - William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
* 30 September - James Brindley, canal builder (b. 1716)

References

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