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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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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The year 1768 in architecture involved some significant events. Work begins on Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia, designed by Thomas Jefferson...
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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Richard Jackson (Sudbury MP) (redirect from Richard Jackson (1688-1768))
Richard Jackson (1688–1768), of Crutched Friars, London, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1734. Jackson...
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elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain at the 1768 British general election, the 13th Parliament of Great Britain and their...
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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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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 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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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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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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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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Highway Act (redirect from Highways Act 1768)
c. 43) The Highways (No. 2) Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3. c. 42) The Highways Act 1768 (8 Geo. 3. c. 5) The Highways Act 1773 (13 Geo. 3. c. 78) The Highway Act...
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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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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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French conquest of Corsica (redirect from Invasion of Corsica (1768))
Pasquale Paoli of the Corsican Republic. The expedition was launched in May 1768, in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War. A French expeditionary force was...
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