1766
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s |
| Years: | 1763 1764 1765 – 1766 – 1767 1768 1769 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1766 MDCCLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2519 |
| Armenian calendar | 1215 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6516 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1687–1688 |
| Bengali calendar | 1173 |
| Berber calendar | 2716 |
| British Regnal year | 6 Geo. 3 – 7 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2310 |
| Burmese calendar | 1128 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7274–7275 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4462 or 4402 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4463 or 4403 |
| Coptic calendar | 1482–1483 |
| Discordian calendar | 2932 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1758–1759 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5526–5527 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1822–1823 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1687–1688 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4866–4867 |
| Holocene calendar | 11766 |
| Igbo calendar | 766–767 |
| Iranian calendar | 1144–1145 |
| Islamic calendar | 1179–1180 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiwa 3 (明和３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1691–1692 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4099 |
| Minguo calendar | 146 before ROC 民前146年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 298 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2308–2309 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1892 or 1511 or 739 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1893 or 1512 or 740 |
1766 (MDCCLXVI) 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 Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]Births
[change | change source]- February 14 – Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (died 1834)
- April 6 – Charles Louis de Fourcroy, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, French Mathematician and Scholar
- April 22 – Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, French writer (died 1817)
- May 30 – Robert Darwin, Medical doctor and father of Charles Darwin (died 1848)
- July 8 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (died 1842)
- August 6 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (died 1828)
- September 6 – John Dalton, English chemist and physicist (died 1844)
- October 23 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (died 1847)
- November 2 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (died 1858)
- December 3 – Barbara Fritchie, U.S. patriot in Civil War (died 1862)