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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 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal ...
Previously allied with France, they were dissatisfied by the policies of the British under Amherst (April 25, 1763 – July 25, 1766) Royal Proclamation of 1763 establishes royal control in territories newly ceded by France. To prevent further violence between White settlers and Native Americans, the Proclamation sets a western boundary on the ...
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.
On March 3, 1766, Louis XV gave a speech to the Parlement of Paris addressing his problems with the actions of the magistrates. [2] This section needs expansion.
The year 1766 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy
The riots of 1766 were sparked by the first largescale exports of harvested grain in August. [3]: 126 Over the following 12 weeks there were more than 60 incidents of rioting across the country and the Annual Register described 30 riots in September by "the poor; who have been driven to desperation and madness, by the exorbitant prices of all manner of provisions". [4]