* 1708 – Georg Reutter II, Austrian composer ( d. 1772 )

* 1696 – Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein ( d. 1772 )

* 1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d ' état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.

* 1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d ' état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.

* 1772 – David Ricardo, English political economist ( d. 1823 )

* 1772 – The First Partition of Poland begins.

* 1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher ( d. 1837 )

* Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis ( Leiden, 1709 ), on which his pupil and assistant, Gerard van Swieten ( 1700 – 1772 ) published a commentary in 5 vols.

A more successful " New Version " by Bishop Mark Hildesley ( 1698 – 1772 ) was in use until 1824 when English liturgy became universal on the island.

* Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 1772 – 1834 ), English poet and philosopher

* Histoire philosophique et politique des deux Indes, in collaboration with Raynal ( 1772 – 1781 )

* Susanna Parker ( 1772 – 1856 )

In part, it was conceived in reaction to the French Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d ' Alembert ( published 1751 – 1772 ), which had been inspired by Chambers's Cyclopaedia ( first edition 1728 ).

Carte de la Guyane françoise et l ' isle de Cayenne effectuée en 1793 par Jacques-Nicolas Bellin ( 1703 – 1772 ) un cartographe affecté au ministère de la Marine française.

* 1772 – Karl von Kügelgen, German landscape and history painter ( d. 1832 )

* 1772 – Sir George Murray, Scottish soldier and politician ( d. 1830 )

* 1695 – William Borlase, English naturalist ( d. 1772 )

# On 15 September 1790, to his double first cousin Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies ( 6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807 ), daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ( both were grandchildren of Empress Maria Theresa and shared all of their other grandparents in common ), with whom he had twelve children, of whom only seven reached adulthood.

Vancouver's first naval service was as a midshipman aboard, on James Cook's second voyage ( 1772 – 1775 ) searching for Terra Australis.

In 1772 – 1795 Prussia took part in the partitions of Poland.

The movement, from 1772 until 1805, involved Herder as well as polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1749 – 1832 ) and Friedrich Schiller ( 1759 – 1805 ), a poet and historian.

The three Partitions of Poland | Partitions of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 1772, 1793, and 1795 )

* Kings of Galicia and Lodomeria ( 1772 – 1918 ), and

The philosopher Denis Diderot was Editor in Chief of the famous Enlightenment accomplishment, the 72, 000 article Encyclopédie ( 1751 – 1772 ).

* September 7 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian ( d. 1772 )

Durastante Natalucci ( 1687 – 1772 ) was an Italian historian who specialized in the history of Trevi.

Durastante Tommaso Francesco Emiliano Natalucci ( September 17, 1687 – May 22, 1772 ) was an Italian historian who specialized in history of Trevi, in Umbria.

In 1772, Empress Maria Theresa commented on her preference of Italian composers over Germans like Gassmann, Salieri or Gluck.

An Italian company was called back to Paris in 1716, and Pierrot was reincarnated by the actors Pierre-François Biancolelli ( son of the Harlequin of the banished troupe of players ) and, after he quickly abandoned the role, the celebrated Fabio Sticotti ( 1676 – 1741 ) and his son Antoine-Jean ( 1715 – 1772 ).

In 1772, Le Ray signed a contract with the renowned Italian sculptor Jean-Baptiste Nini to oversee his factories and set up the production of portrait medallions: a sculpture in miniature done in terracotta usually for the very wealthy and European Royalty.

The Long Gallery contains Italian Old Masters, with a famous marquetry commode and matching pair of candlestands by John Cobb ( 1772 ) and four pier glasses designed by Robert Adam ( 1770 ).

Named for an Italian saint, the settlement was located on the other side of Cuesta Grade ( north of San Luis Obispo ) on a site selected by Father Presidente Junípero Serra in 1772.

The genus is named for Giovanni Battista Brocchi, Italian naturalist ( 1772 – 1826 ).

Amanita caesarea was first described by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772 as Agaricus caesareus, before later being placed in Amanita by Persoon in 1801.

Giovanni Battista Brocchi ( or Giambattista ) ( 18 February 1772 – 25 September 1826 ) was an Italian naturalist, mineralogist and geologist.

Claude Charles Fauriel ( 21 October 1772 – 15 July 1844 ) was a French historian, philologist and critic.

* Claude Fauriel ( 1772 – 1844 ), historian, philologist and critic.

* Reverend Thomas M ' Crie ( 1772 – 1835 ), historian and divine.

Gottfried Achenwall ( 20 October 1719 – 1 May 1772 ) was a German philosopher, historian, economist, jurist and statistician.

The English music historian Charles Burney visited Vanhal in 1772.

The plans for a wooden bridge proved unpopular, and in 1772 the Richmond Bridge Act was passed by Parliament, selecting 90 commissioners, including landscape architect Lancelot " Capability " Brown, historian and politician Horace Walpole and playwright and actor David Garrick, to oversee the construction of a stone bridge on the site of the ferry.