1768

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  • January 9 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London)
  • May 10 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London
  • Secretary of State for colonies appointed in Britain
  • Massachusetts Assembly dissolved for refusing to assist collection of taxes.
  • Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops
  • France buys Corsica from Genoa
  • Gurkhas conquer Nepal
  • First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica are published; 100 are planned
  • James Cook's first voyage: 1768-1771

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