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Britain">1768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1769_in_Great_Britain" title="1769 in Great Britain">1769</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Countries of the United Kingdom</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <a href="/wiki/1767_in_Scotland" title="1767 in Scotland">Scotland</a></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Sport</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <a href="/wiki/1767_English_cricket_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1767 English cricket season">1767 English cricket season</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>Events from the year <b><a href="/wiki/1767" title="1767">1767</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1767_in_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit 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Navy">Royal Navy</a> Captain <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Wallis" title="Samuel Wallis">Samuel Wallis</a> becomes the first European to visit the island of <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>, during <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dolphin_(1751)#Second_circumnavigation" title="HMS Dolphin (1751)">HMS <i>Dolphin</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> second circumnavigation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 July – <a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Island" title="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</a> in the Pacific Ocean is sighted from HMS <i>Swallow</i> (1766) by 15-year-old <a href="/wiki/Midshipman" title="Midshipman">Midshipman</a> Robert Pitcairn on a Royal Navy expeditionary voyage commanded by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Carteret" title="Philip Carteret">Philip Carteret</a>, the first definite European sighting.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undated">Undated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1767_in_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Undated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Spode" title="Josiah Spode">Josiah Spode</a> establishes the <a href="/wiki/Spode" title="Spode">Spode</a> <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a> manufactory at <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1767_in_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The final volume of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman" title="The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman">The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Sterne" title="Laurence Sterne">Laurence Sterne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassell's_Chronology_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The History and Present State of Electricity</i> by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley">Joseph Priestley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassell's_Chronology_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Essay_on_the_History_of_Civil_Society" title="An Essay on the History of Civil Society">An Essay on the History of Civil Society</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Ferguson" title="Adam Ferguson">Adam Ferguson</a>.</li> <li><i>The Farmer's Letters to the People of England, containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman ...</i> by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Young_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Young (writer)">Arthur Young</a>.</li> <li>First annual volume of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nautical_Almanac" title="The Nautical Almanac">The Nautical Almanac</a> and Astronomical Ephemeris</i>, produced by <a href="/wiki/Astronomer_Royal" title="Astronomer Royal">Astronomer Royal</a> <a href="/wiki/Nevil_Maskelyne" title="Nevil Maskelyne">Nevil Maskelyne</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a>, giving navigators the means to find <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> at sea using tables of <a href="/wiki/Lunar_distance_(navigation)" title="Lunar distance (navigation)">lunar distance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBH_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1767_in_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January – <a href="/wiki/William_Shearman" title="William Shearman">William Shearman</a>, physician and medical writer (died <a href="/wiki/1861_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1861 in the United Kingdom">1861</a>)</li> <li>1 January – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth" title="Maria Edgeworth">Maria Edgeworth</a>, novelist (died <a href="/wiki/1849_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1849 in the United Kingdom">1849</a>)</li> <li>6 March – <a href="/wiki/Davies_Gilbert" title="Davies Gilbert">Davies Gilbert</a>, engineer, author, and politician (died <a href="/wiki/1839_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1839 in the United Kingdom">1839</a>)</li> <li>22 March – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Grosvenor,_1st_Marquess_of_Westminster" title="Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster">Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster</a>, Member of Parliament (died <a href="/wiki/1845_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1845 in the United Kingdom">1845</a>)</li> <li>24 April – <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Ripley" title="Dorothy Ripley">Dorothy Ripley</a>, missionary and writer (died <a href="/wiki/1832_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1832 in the United Kingdom">1832</a>)</li> <li>20 August – <a href="/wiki/Lord_William_Russell_(aristocrat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord William Russell (aristocrat)">Lord William Russell</a>, Member of Parliament (died <a href="/wiki/1840_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1840 in the United Kingdom">1840</a>)</li> <li>3 October – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton,_10th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton</a>, politician (died <a href="/wiki/1852_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1852 in the United Kingdom">1852</a>)</li> <li>2 November – <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn">Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn</a>, member of the Royal Family (died <a href="/wiki/1820_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1820 in the United Kingdom">1820</a>)</li> <li>2 December – <a href="/wiki/Lord_Charles_Somerset" title="Lord Charles Somerset">Lord Charles Somerset</a>, governor of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Cape_Colony" title="Dutch Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> (died <a href="/wiki/1831_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1831 in the United Kingdom">1831</a>)</li> <li><i>unknown dates</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Barret,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="George Barret, Jr.">George Barret, Jr.</a>, painter (died <a href="/wiki/1842_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1842 in the 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href="/wiki/Alexander_Monro_(primus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Monro (primus)">Alexander Monro</a>, physician (born <a href="/wiki/1697_in_England" title="1697 in England">1697</a>)</li> <li>26 July – <a href="/wiki/Henrietta_Howard,_Countess_of_Suffolk" title="Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk">Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk</a>, mistress of <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II of Great Britain</a> (born <a href="/wiki/1689_in_England" title="1689 in England">1689</a>)</li> <li>4 September – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Townshend" title="Charles Townshend">Charles Townshend</a>, politician (born <a href="/wiki/1725_in_Great_Britain" title="1725 in Great Britain">1725</a>)</li> <li>17 September – <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany" title="Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany">Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany</a>, member of the Royal Family (born <a href="/wiki/1739_in_Great_Britain" title="1739 in Great Britain">1739</a>)</li> <li>26 October – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Pulteney" title="Harry Pulteney">Harry Pulteney</a>, soldier and Member of Parliament (born <a href="/wiki/1686_in_England" title="1686 in England">1686</a>)</li> <li>1 December – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Erskine,_10th_Earl_of_Buchan" title="Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan">Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan</a>, Freemason (born <a href="/wiki/1710_in_Great_Britain" title="1710 in Great Britain">1710</a>)</li> <li>22 December – <a href="/wiki/John_Newbery" title="John Newbery">John Newbery</a>, publisher (born <a href="/wiki/1713_in_Great_Britain" title="1713 in Great Britain">1713</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1767_in_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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