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1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- The Burmese army captures the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, and destroys the city.
- North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky - in defiance of a decree from King George III. He discovers a rich hunting ground, contested by several Native American tribes.
- American Whalers venture into the Antarctic for the first time, and begin to commercially exploit it.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau settles in England.
- The first known competition of the winter sport biathlon takes place, in Norway
- The final volume of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne is published.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his first true opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus.
- First use of the term 'Fine art'
January
February
March
April
May
June
- June - Jean Chastel kills the infamous Beast of Gévaudan by firing 2 silver bullets at it because he thought it was a werewolf. The Beasts Reign of Terror began in 1764.
- June 18 - Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- June 29 - The Townshend Acts are passed by British Parliament, placing a tax on common products, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.
July
- July 3 - Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret. Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date).
August
September
October
November
December
Ongoing events
Births
- January 1 - Maria Edgeworth, Irish novelist (d. 1849)
- March 15 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)
- March 25 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (d. 1815)
- April 25 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (d. 1847)
- May 12 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)
- July 11 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (d. 1848)
- July 28 - James A. Bayard (elder), U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1815)
- September 20 - José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian composer (d. 1830)
- October 25 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
- November 22 - Andreas Hofer, Austrian national hero (d. 1810)
- Bernhard Meyer, German physician and ornithologist (d. 1836)
- 4 July - Kyokutei Bakin, Japanese author (d. 1848)
Deaths
- January 7 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (b. 1703)
- January 22 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (b. 1719)
- March 7 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (b. 1680)
- April 7 - Franz Sparry, composer (b. 1715)
- June 25 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (b. 1681)
- September 4 - Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
- December 1 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)
- December 22 - John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
- Firmin Abauzit, French scientist (b. 1679)
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