Events in year of 1768
- 02-11Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
- 02-151st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
- 02-201st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)
- 04-051st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)
- 06-211st US bachelor of medicine degree (Dr John Archer)
- 08-25Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
- 10-01English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston
- 10-301st Methodist church in US initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
- 12-061st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
People born in year of 1768
- 01-10James Varicick: 1st AME Zion Bishop
- 01-28Frederick VI: Danish King (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
- 02-04Maurits C van Hall: Dutch ruler of Heicop and Boeicop, lawyer / politician
- 02-12Francis II: Florence, Italy -- Last Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806)
- 02-15Jozef B Cannaert [Olim]: Flemish lawyer
- 03-12Carolus Antonius Fodor: Composer
- 03-13Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg: Dutch civil servant
- 03-21Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier: Mathematician / Egyptologist
- 04-07Karl Theodor Toeschi: Composer
- 04-19Adrian H Haworth: English entomologist / Botanist
- 05-02Jean-Louis M Alibert: French dermatologist
- 05-17Caroline Brunswick: Queen Consort of King George IV
- 05-20Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison: 1st lady (1809-17)
- 06-30Elizabeth Kortright Monroe: 1st lady (1817-25)
- 08-27Anne-Francois Mellinet: French / Belgian General (Maastricht)
- 09-01Carl Bernhard Wessely: Composer
- 09-12Bemnjamin Carr: Composer
- 09-14Georg Johann Schinn: Composer
- 09-23William Wallace: Scottish mathematician (Rights of Wallace)
- 10-11Adriaan van den Ende: Dutch vicar / educationalist
- 11-21Friedrich Schleiermacher: German theologist / philosopher
- 11-24Jean-Engelbert Pauwels: Composer
- 12-06Johann Baptist Henneberg: Composer
- 12-22John Crome [Old Crome]: English landscape painter / etcher
People died in year of 1768
- 01-01Jean-Laurent Krafft: Composer, dies at 73
- 01-10Charles Cressent: French court furniture maker, dies at 82
- 01-28John Wainwright: Composer, dies at 44
- 03-03Nicola Antonio Porpora: Composer, dies at 81
- 03-14Vigilio Blasio Faitello: Composer, dies at 58
- 03-18Lawrence Sterne: Writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy)
- 03-21Jan J Mauricius: Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
- 04-07Michel Mathieu: Composer, dies at 78
- 04-19Filippo della Valle: Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
- 04-20Giovanni AC Canaletto: Italian Painter / cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
- 05-16Cornelis Writer: Fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
- 05-27Johann M Fleischmann: German / Dutch stamp / letter designer
- 06-08Johann J Winckelmann: German archaeologist, dies at 50
- 07-04Willem van Hairs: Fries nobleman / Poet (Suicide), dies at 58
- 07-06Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel: Composer, dies at 78
- 07-11Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu: Composer, dies at 66
- 10-01Robert Simson: Scotland mathematician, dies at 80
- 10-28Michel Blavet: French court flautist / composer, dies at 68
- 10-31Francesco Maria Veracini: Italian opera composer, dies at 78
- 11-01Pierre van Maldere: Composer, dies at 39
- 11-04Johan Lulofs: Dutch physicist / philosopher / astronomer, dies at 57
- 11-17Thomas Pelham-Holles: 1st Duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
Events in year of 1769
- 06-07Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky
- 07-16Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in California
- 08-18Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
- 09-18John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (US)
- 12-13Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter
People born in year of 1769
- 01-05Jean Baptiste Say: French economist (Political Economics)
- 01-10Michel Ney: French marshal (Waterloo)
- 01-17Ole Andreas Lindeman: Composer
- 02-04Samuel I Wiselius: Dutch lawyer / businessman / writer
- 03-02DeWitt Clinton: (Gov / Sen-New York)
- 03-07Josef Alois Ladurner: Composer
- 03-23William Smith: Geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils)
- 03-25Salvatore Vigano: Composer
- 04-11Johann Georg Lickl: Composer
- 04-12Giovanni Agostino Perotti: Composer
- 04-25Mark Isambard Brunel: Engineer / inventor
- 05-04Charles Hague: Composer
- 05-06Ferdinand III: Archduke of Austria / ruler of Toscane
- 05-07Giuseppe Farinelli: Composer
- 05-10Jean Lannes [duc de Montebello]: Marshal of France
- 06-01Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner: Composer
- 06-14Dominique Della-Maria: Composer
- 07-04Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis: Composer
- 07-23Alexey Nikolayevich Titov: Composer
- 08-14Friedrich Ludwig Dulon: Flautist / composer
- 08-16Jean Aime Vernier: Composer
- 08-18Alexandre Stievenard: Composer
- 08-30Bonifacio Asioli: Composer / music writer
- 09-09Cornelis F van Maanen: Dutch Minister of Justice (1807..42)
- 09-19Joseph Comb: Missionary to Molukkas
- 10-13Horace H Hayden: Cofounded 1st dental college
People died in year of 1769
- 01-18Hakuin Ekaku: Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
- 02-02Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico]: Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
- 03-27Josef Antonin Gurecky: Composer, dies at 60
- 04-03Gerhard Tersteegen: German evangelist / Poet (in blood), dies at 71
- 04-20Pontiac: Indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
- 08-29Edmond Hoyle: Games expert
- 10-09Marianus Konigsperger: Composer, dies at 60
- 12-13C F Gellert: Writer, dies at 54
Events in year of 1770
- 01-01Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
- 01-19Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
- 03-05Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a US Senator (Mississippi)
- 03-05Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom
- 04-09Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
- 04-12Townsend Acts repealed
- 04-19Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1 / 3 part of Suriname
- 04-19Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia
- 04-20Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales
- 04-28Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
- 05-16Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France
- 06-03Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California
- 06-11Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
- 06-19General Church of New Jerusalem established
- 06-28Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
- 07-06Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish
People born in year of 1770
- 01-25Francis Burdett: British politician
- 01-26Alexander Carlyle: Moderator of General Assembly
- 02-05Alexandre Brongniart: Paris, France -- Mineralogist / geologist (Tertiary)
- 02-18Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck: Composer
- 02-20Ferdinando Carulli: Composer
- 02-22Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek: Composer
- 02-26Antoine Reicha: Composer
- 03-13Daniel Lambert: England, United Kingdom -- Giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death)
- 03-25Carl Friedrich Ebers: Composer
- 03-28Sophie Mereau: Writer
- 04-07William Wordsworth: England, United Kingdom -- Poet laureate (Prelude)
- 04-28Nikita P Panin: Russian diplomat / Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 04-30David Thompson: English / Canadian explorer (Columbia River)
- 05-10Louis Nicholas Davout: French Field Marshal (defeated Prussians)
- 05-19Antoine-Charles Glachant: Composer
- 06-03Manuel Belgrano: Argentina
- 06-04James Hewitt: Composer
- 06-07Earl of Liverpool: (C) British Prime Minister (1812-27)
- 08-01William Clark: Charlottsville, Virginia -- 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
- 08-03Frederik Willem III: Reactionary King of Prussia (1797-1840)
- 08-27Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: German philosopher / inventor (dialectic)
- 09-19Johann G Repsold: German instrument maker
- 10-01Vincenzo Cuoco: Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799)
- 11-05Etienne P de Senancour: French author (Obermann)
- 11-08Friedrich Witt: Composer
- 11-19Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen: Copenhagen, Denmark -- Sculptor (Dying Lion)
- 11-19Bertel Thowwaldsen: Danish sculptor
- 11-28F Louise W: Daughter of Viceroy Willem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia
- 11-29Peter Hansel: Composer
- 12-13John Clarke-Whitfeld: Composer
People died in year of 1770
- 02-22Christopher Snider: 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution
- 02-26Francois Hanot: Composer, dies at 72
- 02-26Giuseppe Tartini: Italian Composer / violinist, dies at 77
- 03-05Crispus Attuks: Slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
- 03-27Giovanni B Tiepolo: Italian Painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73
- 04-19Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard: Composer, dies at 74
- 04-28Marie AC de Camargo: Spanish / Italian / Belgian dancer, dies at 60
- 05-04Christian Gottfried Krause: Composer, dies at 51
- 07-26Michael Schevenstuhl: Composer, dies at 65
- 08-24Thomas Chatterton: English Poet (Revenge)
- 08-26Domingos dos Reis Quita: Portuguese playwright / poet, dies at 42
- 09-09Bernard S Albinus [Weiss]: German surgeon / anatomist, dies at 73
- 09-09Georg D Ehret: German / English cartoonist, dies at 62
- 10-01Louis-Gabriel Guillemain: Composer, dies at 64
- 11-13George Grenville: British Premier (1763-65) / Stamp Act, dies at 58
- 11-17Gian Francesco de Majo: Composer, dies at 38
- 12-09Gottlieb Theophil Muffat: Composer, dies at 80
- 12-10Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat: German court Organist / composer, dies at 80