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The Kerguelen Islands, an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, were discovered uninhabited on February 12, 1772 by Breton navigator Yves Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec, and have remained without a permanent population ever since. The only residents were during an attempt to set up a farm, a few occasional occupations for whaling ...
26 February 1772 An Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and seventy-two. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871 ( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 116))
12 February – Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Ocean. The Clicquot Champagne house is founded by Philippe Clicquot in Reims. Houbigant Parfum is founded by Jean-François Houbigant of Grasse in Paris. [2]
12 September – Daniel Rutherford demonstrates the method of distinguishing nitrogen from other gases. [6] 21 September – Birmingham Canal Navigations main line open for traffic, linking Birmingham to the River Severn via the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. [3] 2 November – The Morning Post newspaper published for the first time. [7]
1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1772nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 772nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1772, the ...
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1704 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author (d. 1772) 1706 – Johann Joseph Christian, ...
Somerset v Stewart (1772) 98 ER 499 (also known as Sommersett v Steuart, Somersett's case, and the Mansfield Judgment) is a judgment of the English Court of King's Bench in 1772, relating to the right of an enslaved person on English soil not to be forcibly removed from the country and sent to Jamaica for sale.
The year 1772 in science and technology involved some significant events. ... [12] Births. February 11 – Thomas Webster, Scottish geologist (died 1844)