Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1766. 1766 (MDCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

Events from the year 1766 in Canada. Monarch: George III Governor of the Province of Quebec: James Murray Governor of Nova Scotia: Montague Wilmot Commodore-Governor...

The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied...

May 1762 Launched 12 October 1765 Christened 20 January 1762 Commissioned 1766 Decommissioned 26 January 1795 Renamed Scipion in April 1794 Fate Wrecked...

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The southern part of Cuba was struck by a major earthquake on 12 June 1766 at midnight local time. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.8 Ms and a maximum...

Richard Ryder (5 July 1766 – 18 September 1832) was a British Tory politician. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1809 and 1812. Ryder was a younger...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1766. Early – The young Fanny Burney pays one of many visits to Samuel Crisp,...

The year 1766 in science and technology involved some significant events. Lagrange submits a paper on the movements of Jupiter's satellites to the French...

John Taylor (22 June 1704 – 4 April 1766), English classical scholar, was born at Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. His father was a barber, and, by the...

Highways Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 38) The Highways Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 43) The Highways (No. 2) Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3. c. 42) The Highways Act 1768 (8 Geo. 3...

BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1769 BC to December 31, 1760 BC. 1766 BC: The Shang dynasty in China conquers the Xia dynasty. Hammurabi, king...

Patriarchate that existed from 1346 to 1463, and then again from 1557 to 1766 with its seat in the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć. It had ecclesiastical...

Model 1766 was often referred to as a "light Model 1763" musket, especially in Revolutionary War invoices. Despite being thinned down, the Model 1766 proved...

largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes, capital of Egypt. 1766 BC: Shang conquest of the Xia dynasty. China. 1764 BC – 1750 BC: Wars of...

1766 Slipher, provisional designation 1962 RF, is a Paduan asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter...

Jonathan Mayhew (October 8, 1720 – July 9, 1766) was a noted American Congregational minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts. Mayhew was born...

Thomas Birch (23 November 1705 – 9 January 1766) was an English historian. He was the son of Joseph Birch, a coffee-mill maker, and was born at Clerkenwell...

sovereign authority to tax its colonies, in accordance with the Declaratory Act 1766. The British government continued to tax the American colonies without providing...

郞世宁; traditional Chinese: 郞世寧; pinyin: Láng Shìníng; 19 July 1688 – 17 July 1766), was an Italian Jesuit brother and missionary in China, where he served...

with the help of the Sikhs sent by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia near Dholpur in 1766, when Holkar tried to help Jawahar's brother, Nahar Singh gain the throne...

Wolcott, Governor (1750–1754) Thomas Fitch, Governor (1754–1766) William Pitkin, Governor (1766–1769) Jonathan Trumbull, Governor (1769–1776) Province of...

laws mainly to maintain the tradition of the Freedom of the Press Act from 1766, largely the work of proto-Liberal Cap Party politician Anders Chydenius...

13 comets: C/1760 B1 (Messier) C/1763 S1 (Messier) C/1764 A1 (Messier) C/1766 E1 (Messier) C/1769 P1 (Messier) D/1770 L1 (Lexell) C/1771 G1 (Messier) C/1773...

The Revenue Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 52) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in response to objections raised to the Sugar Act 1763. The...

The 1766 food riots took place across England in response to rises in the prices of wheat and other cereals following a series of poor harvests. Riots...

1961 Gorgonia reticulum 1766 Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus, 1758 Gorgonia venusta Dana, 1846 Gorgonia petezichans Pallas, 1766 (nomen dubium) Gorgonia is...

The 1766 Istanbul earthquake was a strong earthquake with epicenter in the eastern part of the Sea of Marmara, in the Çınarcık Basin (or near the Princes'...

The Russian Theatre was a historic theatre in Moscow in Russia, active in 1766–1769. It was the second public theater in the city of Moscow after the Maiden...

The siege of Ayutthaya in 1766–1767, also known as the Fall of Ayutthaya and Sack of Ayutthaya, was a part of the Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767), in which...