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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1766. 1766 (MDCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    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...
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    May 1762 Launched 12 October 1765 Christened 20 January 1762 Commissioned 1766 Decommissioned 26 January 1795 Renamed Scipion in April 1794 Fate Wrecked...
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  • 郞世宁; traditional Chinese: 郞世寧; pinyin: Láng Shìníng; 19 July 1688 – 17 July 1766), was an Italian Jesuit brother and missionary in China, where he served...
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  • 1760s BC (redirect from 1766 BC)
    BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1769 BC to December 31, 1760 BC. 1766 BC: The Shang dynasty in China conquers the Xia dynasty. Hammurabi, king...
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    Events from the year 1766 in Canada. Monarch: George III Governor of the Province of Quebec: James Murray Governor of Nova Scotia: Montague Wilmot Commodore-Governor...
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    The Revenue Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 52) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in response to objections raised to the Sugar Act 1763. The...
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    Patriarchate that existed from 1346 to 1463, and then again from 1557 to 1766 with its seat in the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć. It had ecclesiastical...
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    sovereign authority to tax its colonies, in accordance with the Declaratory Act 1766. The British government continued to tax the American colonies without providing...
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    Model 1766 was often referred to as a "light Model 1763" musket, especially in Revolutionary War invoices. Despite being thinned down, the Model 1766 proved...
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  • 18th century BC (redirect from 1766 BCE)
    largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes, capital of Egypt. 1766 BC: Shang conquest of Xia Dynasty. China. 1764 BC – 1750 BC: Wars of Hammurabi...
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  • John Taylor (22 June 1704 – 4 April 1766), English classical scholar, was born at Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. His father was a barber, and, by the...
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    The 1766 Istanbul earthquake was a strong earthquake with epicenter in the eastern part of the Sea of Marmara, in the Çınarcık Basin (or near the Princes'...
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  • Highways Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 38) The Highways Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 43) The Highways (No. 2) Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3. c. 42) The Highways Act 1768 (8 Geo. 3...
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    The siege of Ayutthaya in 1766–1767 was a part of the Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767), in which King Hsinbyushin of the Burmese Konbaung dynasty sent his...
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    13 comets: C/1760 B1 (Messier) C/1763 S1 (Messier) C/1764 A1 (Messier) C/1766 E1 (Messier) C/1769 P1 (Messier) D/1770 L1 (Lexell) C/1771 G1 (Messier) C/1773...
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  • The Russian Theatre was a historic theatre in Moscow in Russia, active in 1766–1769. It was the second public theater in the city of Moscow after the Maiden...
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    John Mason (April 4, 1766 – March 19, 1849) was an early American merchant, banker, officer (armed forces), and planter. As a son of George Mason, a Founding...
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    Thomas Birch (23 November 1705 – 9 January 1766) was an English historian. He was the son of Joseph Birch, a coffee-mill maker, and was born at Clerkenwell...
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  • Hatice Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خدیجه سلطان; "respecful lady"; 14 June 1768 – 17 July 1822) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Mustafa III...
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    laws mainly to maintain the tradition of the Freedom of the Press Act from 1766, largely the work of proto-Liberal Cap Party politician Anders Chydenius...
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  • 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 … In literature 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 Art Archaeology...
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    Jonathan Mayhew (October 8, 1720 – July 9, 1766) was a noted American Congregational minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts. Mayhew was born...
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  • James Wilson (August 16, 1766 – January 4, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, father of James Wilson (1797-1881). Born in Peterborough...
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    colonists to conduct trade with French and Spanish colonies. It was passed in 1766 following the Seven Years’ War and prior to the American Revolution. The...
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  • 1766 Slipher, provisional designation 1962 RF, is a Paduan asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1766. Early – The young Fanny Burney pays one of many visits to Samuel Crisp,...
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    a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1766. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...
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    the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1766 as Charles III. During his lifetime, he was also known as "the Young Pretender"...
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