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1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1766th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 766th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1766, the ...
15 January – Nathan Drake, essayist and physician (died 1836) 12 February – William Howley, archbishop of Canterbury (died 1848) 14 February – Thomas Malthus, demographer and economist (died 1834)
The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... The year 1766 in science and technology involved some significant events.
The Townshend Acts (/ ˈ t aʊ n z ən d /) [1] or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1766 and 1767 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to enable administration of the British colonies in America.
1.3 1766. 2 Births. 3 Deaths. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The following lists events that happened during the 1760s in South Africa ...
Massachusetts formed a medical society in 1781, following the precedent set by New Jersey in 1766. [99] The scientific community of the early United States was centered in Philadelphia, including the American Philosophical Society.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1766. Events