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1767
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1767 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1767
MDCCLXVII |
| Ab urbe condita |
2520 |
| Armenian calendar |
1216
ԹՎ ՌՄԺԶ |
| Chinese calendar |
4463 – 4464
丙戌 – 丁亥 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1759 – 1760 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5527 – 5528 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1822 – 1823 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1689 – 1690 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4868 – 4869 |
| Iranian calendar |
1145 – 1146 |
| Islamic calendar |
1181 – 1182 |
1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
Events
- The Burmese army captures the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, and destroys the city.
- North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky - in defiance of a decree from King George III. He discovers a rich hunting ground, contested by several Native American tribes.
- American Whalers venture into the Antarctic for the first time, and begin to commercially exploit it.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau settles in England.
- The first known competition of the winter sport biathlon takes place, in Norway
- The final volume of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne is published.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his first true opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus.
- First use of the term 'Fine art'
- Supression of the Society of Jesus in the Spanish Empire.
January
February
April
May
June
- June - Jean Chastel kills the infamous Beast of Gévaudan by firing 2 silver bullets at it because he thought it was a werewolf. The Beasts Reign of Terror began in 1764.
- June 18 - Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- June 29 - The Townshend Acts are passed by British Parliament, placing a tax on common products, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.
July
- July 3 - Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret. Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date).
August
September
October
November
December
Ongoing events
Births
- January 1 - Maria Edgeworth, Irish novelist (died 1849)
- March 15 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (died 1845)
- March 25 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (died 1815)
- April 25 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (died 1847)
- May 12 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (died 1851)
- July 11 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (died 1848)
- July 28 - James A. Bayard (elder), U.S. Senator from Delaware (died 1815)
- September 20 - José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian composer (died 1830)
- October 25 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (died 1830)
- November 22 - Andreas Hofer, Austrian national hero (died 1810)
- Bernhard Meyer, German physician and ornithologist (died 1836)
- 4 July - Kyokutei Bakin, Japanese author (died 1848)
Deaths
- January 7 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (born 1703)
- January 22 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (born 1719)
- March 7 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (born 1680)
- April 7 - Franz Sparry, composer (born 1715)
- June 25 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (born 1681)
- September 4 - Charles Townshend, English politician (born 1725)
- December 1 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (born 1710)
- December 22 - John Newbery, English publisher (born 1713)
- Firmin Abauzit, French scientist (born 1679)
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