Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1768. 1768 (MDCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on...
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian arms largely victorious against the Ottoman Empire. Russia's victory brought...
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The year 1768 in architecture involved some significant events. Work begins on Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia, designed by Thomas Jefferson...
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Events from the year 1768 in Canada. Monarch: George III Governor of the Province of Quebec: James Murray Governor of Nova Scotia: Montague Wilmot Commodore-Governor...
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History of Thailand (redirect from History of Thailand before 1768)
warlord first: Prince Thepphiphit of Phimai was subjugated and executed in 1768. Chao Narasuriyawongse, one of Taksin's nephews, replaced Thepphiphit as...
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Chinese sorcery scares (redirect from The Sorcery Scare of 1768)
Chinese sorcery scares took place in 1768, 1810, 1876, and 1908. They involved accusations of sorcery against minority populations. The magic was thought...
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article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1768. March – John Wilkes, returning from exile in France, is elected to the Parliament...
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(accompanied by negotiators from New Jersey, Virginia and Pennsylvania) in 1768 at Fort Stanwix. It was negotiated between Sir William Johnson, his deputy...
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The year 1768 in science and technology involved some significant events. Steller's sea cow is hunted to extinction. Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti becomes...
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Sultana was a small Royal Navy schooner that patrolled the American coast from 1768 through 1772. Her role was to prevent smuggling and to collect customs duties...
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This is a list of music related events in 1768. Johann Christian Bach gives the first ever solo piano performance, in London on an instrument by Johannes...
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Townshend Acts (redirect from Colonial Trade Act 1768)
Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to enable administration of...
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"The Female Patriots. Address'd to the Daughters of Liberty in America, 1768", Colonial America Phillis Wheatley writes "To the King's Most Excellent...
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James Cook (section First voyage (1768–1771))
explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular...
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100-gun ship Royal William, and launched at Chatham Dockyard on 30 July 1768, at a cost of £49,222. In about 1780, she had another eight guns added to...
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1768 Appenzella (prov. designation: 1965 SA) is a rare-type Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in...
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The Rebellion of 1768, also known as the Revolt of 1768 or the Creole Revolt, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Creole elite of New Orleans, along with...
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First voyage of James Cook (redirect from Cook expedition of 1768 to 1771)
Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771. It was the first of three Pacific voyages of which James Cook was...
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subject of the Liberty Affair. Seized by customs officials in Boston in 1768, it was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Liberty, and she was burned...
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Alexandre de Bourbon (Louis Alexandre Joseph Stanislas; 6 September 1747 – 6 May 1768) was the son and heir of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, great grandson of Louis...
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the unification of the country and the founding of the Kingdom of Nepal in 1768, to the establishment of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in 2008...
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List of governors of dependent territories in the 18th century (redirect from List of colonial governors in 1768)
(1758–1768) Jeffery Amherst, Governor (1759–1768) John Blair, Sr., Acting Governor (1768) Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Governor (1768–1770)...
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Russia the dominant power in the Balkans following the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774. Russia inflicted some of the heaviest defeats ever suffered by the...
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colonial administrator who served as the governor of Quebec from 1760 to 1768 and governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782. Born in Ballencrieff, East Lothian...
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Grand Vizier (1765–1768) Silahdar Hamza Mahir Pasha, Grand Vizier (1768) Yağlıkçızade Nişancı Hacı Mehmed Emin Pasha, Grand Vizier (1768–1769) Moldovancı...
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Wang Zhenyi (astronomer) (redirect from Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797))
(simplified Chinese: 王贞仪; traditional Chinese: 王貞儀; pinyin: Wáng Zhēnyí; 1768–1797; styled Deqing(德卿), also known as the Jinling and Jiangning Lady Historian(金陵女史))...
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The 1768 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger...
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from the Revolution. She is also known as "Mademoiselle Vaubernier". In 1768, when the king wished to make Jeanne maîtresse-en-titre, etiquette required...
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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (redirect from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769,1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773)
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 is a multi-volume account by the Scottish traveller James...
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John Halkett (colonial administrator) (redirect from John Halkett (1768-1852))
John Halkett (27 February 1768 – 12 November 1852) was Governor of the Bahamas and Governor of Tobago. He was born in Pitfirrane, near Dunfermline, Scotland...
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