It was first produced in 1772 by an English merchant, John Woodhouse, as an inexpensive substitute for sherry and port, and gets its name from the island's port, Marsala.

After graduation, Madison remained at Princeton to study Hebrew and political philosophy under the university president, John Witherspoon, before returning to Montpelier in the spring of 1772.

* John Brown ( Pennsylvania ) ( 1772 – 1845 ), U. S. representative ( PA )

* 1772 – John Canton, English physicist ( b. 1718 )

* 1720 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist ( d. 1772 )

Sir John Abercromby ( 1772 – 1817 )

* October 19 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist ( d. 1772 )

* July 31 – John Canton, English physicist ( d. 1772 )

* John Sherman ( clergyman ) ( 1772 – 1828 ), American Unitarian pastor

* John Adams ( 1772 – 1863 ), educator, taught at the Plainfield Academy here for some years.

Charles Vallancey, for example, published a work in 1772 attempting to prove that the Irish language was Phoenician, while John Pinkerton's A Dissertation on the Origin and Progress of the Scythians or Goths ( 1787 ) attempted to show that the Scots were Scythians who had originated in Central Asia.

* John Baildon ( 1772 – 1846 ) Scottish pioneer in metallurgy

Although John Jebb proposed reforms in 1772, these were blocked by various problems, such as lack of expertise in the smaller colleges in a wider range of subjects.

* Col. John Baylor III ( 1705 – 1772 ) of Newmarket, Virginia-planter and member of House of Burgesses ; one of the most important turfmen and breeders in colonial America

The county is named for Landon Carter, the son of John Carter of Virginia, who was " chairman of the court " of the first majority-rule system of American democracy, known as the Watauga Association of 1772.

1772: The first gristmill is built on Muncy Creek by John Alward

Nash had many pupils and assistants including Humphry Repton's sons, John Adey Repton and George Stanley Repton, as well as Anthony Salvin, John Foulon ( 1772 – 1842 ), Augustus Charles Pugin, F. H.

* John Adams, ( 1772 – 1863 ), born in Canterbury, noted educator and organizer of several hundred Sunday schools.

Edgard's first church, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church ( 1772 ), was destroyed by the Poche Crevasse in 1821.

In 1772, Oliver and John Peabody, of Andover, MA and John and Samuel Bodwell of Methuen, MA bought 6000 acres above Sudbury Canada.

It is named after John Coffee ( 1772 – 1833 ), a planter and military leader.

It was granted by Governor John Wentworth on February 8, 1772 to Sir Thomas Wentworth, Samuel Langdon and 81 others.

The first one he installed, in 1772 at Oulton, Cheshire, raised water to a height of 16 ft ( 4. 9 m ).

Although the County designation existed as early as 1772, the regiment was retitled The 22nd ( Cheshire ) Regiment of Foot in 1782, the regiment served in the West Indies from 1793, taking part in expeditions against Martinique, St Lucia, Guadeloupe and St Domingo.

* The " Mansfield Decision " ( Somersett's Case ), a judicial decision in 1772 ( officially known as R. v. Knowles, ex parte Somersett ) that ruled that there was no legal basis for slavery in the United Kingdom, effectively abolishing the practice of slavery in the country ( although not in the British colonies )

In England, these phosphorus matches were called " Congreves " after Sir William Congreve ( 1772 – 1828 ) while they went by the name of " loco foco " in the United States.

* Adam Rankin Alexander ( 1772 – 1851 ), born in Rockbridge County, United States Congressman from Tennessee

William H. Crawford ( 1772 – 1834 )-U. S. Minister to France, U. S. Secretary of War, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, nearly successful candidate for President of the United States

* Samuel M. Hopkins, 1772 – 1837, lawyer and United States Representative for New York was born in Salem.

* Samuel Clesson Allen, ( 1772 – 1842 ), United States Congressman from Massachusetts, Congregationalist minister

On the other hand, the German aristocrat Ernst August, Prince of Hanover ( born 1954 ), a male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom, possesses no legal British name, titles or styles ( although he is entitled to re-claim the once-royal dukedom of Cumberland ), was born in the line of succession to the British crown and is bound by Britain's Royal Marriages Act 1772.

In July 1772 Burney again visited the continent, to do further research, and, after his return to London, published his tour under the title of The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands and United Provinces ( 1773 ).

In United States v. Cabrales, 118 S. Ct. 1772 ( 1998 ) a jurisdiction issue on venue was invoked by the attendant circumstance that the relevant acts of money laundering occurred in Florida where the case was to be tried, but the funds were derived from the unlawful distribution of cocaine in Missouri.

* John Russell ( New York ) ( 1772 – 1842 ), United States Representative from New York

* David Boyle, Lord Boyle ( 1772 – 1853 ), Scottish judge and privy counsellor of the United Kingdom

Manuel Lisa, also known as Manuel de Lisa ( September 8, 1772 in New Orleans, Louisiana – August 12, 1820 in St. Louis, Missouri ), was a Spanish fur trader, explorer, and United States Indian agent.

The township was combined with Schoharie, New York, as the United Districts of Schoharie and Duanesburgh on March 24, 1772, which became the town of Schoharie in 1788.

Best known in the United States as the Earl of Hillsborough, he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence.

He emigrated to the United States in 1767 and settled in New York City where he read law and entered private practice in 1772.

Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were patented only in 1855 in England and in 1858 in the United States.

William Charles Cole Claiborne ( before 23 November 1772, or on 13 August 1773, or between 23 November 1773 and 23 November 1774, or in August 1775 – 23 November 1817 ) was a United States politician, best known as the first Governor of Louisiana after U. S. Statehood.

William Wirt ( November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834 ) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence.

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield ( December 27, 1772 – February 3, 1851 ) served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

* Samuel M. Hopkins ( 1772 – 1837 ), United States Representative from New York

In the United Kingdom, the reforms will require amendments to numerous pieces of legislation including the Bill of Rights 1689, the Act of Settlement 1701, the Union with Scotland Act 1707 and the Coronation Oath Act 1688, Princess Sophia's Precedence Act 1711, the Royal Marriages Act 1772, the Union with Ireland Act 1800, the Accession Declaration Act 1910 and the Regency Act 1937.

* Thomas Boylston Adams ( 1772 – 1832 ), United States political figure, son of US President John Adams

Martha Washington Jefferson Randolph ( September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836 ) was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson.

Jonathan Meredith ( about 1772 – August 7, 1805 ) was a United States Marine during the First Barbary War.