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1763 1764 1765 - 1766 - 1767 1768 1769
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1740s 1750s - 1760s ''' - 1770s 1780s 1790s
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| align="center" | - 18th Century ''' - 19th Century
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1766 was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (see link for calendar).
Events
January
March
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Ongoing events
Births
- February 14 - Thomas Malthus , English demographer and economist (d. 1834 )
- April 22 - Anne Louise Germaine De Stael , French author (d. 1817 )
- July 8 - Dominique Jean Larrey , French surgeon (d. 1842 )
- July 23 - Richard Daniel De Haro II , French Nobleman (d. Unknown )
- August 6 - William Hyde Wollaston , English chemist (d. 1828 )
- September 6 - John Dalton , English chemist and physicist (d. 1844 )
- October 23 - Emmanuel, Marquis De Grouchy , French marshal (d. 1847 )
- November 2 - Joseph Radetzky Von Radetz , Austrian field marshal (d. 1858 )
- December 3 - Barbara Fritchie , U.S. patriot in Civil War (d. 1862 )
Deaths
- January 1 - James Francis Edward Stuart , "The Old Pretender" (b. 1688 )
- January 9 - Thomas Birch , English historian (b. 1705 )
- January 13 - King Frederick V Of Denmark (b. 1723 )
- January 19 - Jean-Nicolas Servan , French architect and painter (b. 1695 )
- January 21 - James Quin , English actor (b. 1693 )
- February 5 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun , Austrian field marshal (b. 1705 )
- February 23 - Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King Of Poland (b. 1677 )
- April 4 - John Taylor , English classical scholar (b. 1704 )
- April 7 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis , Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685 )
- May 5 - Jean Astruc , French physician and scholar
- May 8 - Samuel Chandler , English non-conformist minister (b. 1693 )
- June 24 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd Duc De Noailles , French soldier (b. 1678 )
- July 9 - Jonathan Mayhew , American minister and patriot (b. 1720 )
- July 11 - Elizabeth Farnese , queen of Philip V Of Spain (b. 1692 )
- July 14 - František Maxmilián Kaňka , Czech architect (b. 1674 )
- September 3 - Archibald Bower , Scottish historian (b. 1686 )
- September 13 - Benjamin Heath , English classical scholar (b. 1704 )
- November 9 - Unico Wilhelm Van Wassenaer , Dutch composer (b. 1692 )
- December 12 - Johann Christoph Gottsched , German writer (b. 1700 )
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