What happened 1766 AD

In March 1766, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act asserting that Parliamentary law superseded colonial law.

The father of the refrigerator was Jacob Perkins, who was born in Massachusetts in 1766.

Samuel Wilson was born in Menotomy, Province of Massachusetts Bay, in 1766.

Austrian pianist and composer Ignaz Xaver Ladurner was born in Italy in 1766.

The English architect and garden designer Jeffry Wyatville was born in Burton upon Trent, England.

Johanna Schopenhauer was born in Gdask, Royal Prussia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

The German composer Friedrich Fleischmann was born in Germany in 1766.

The virtuoso violinist and French composer, Rodolphe Kreutzer, was born in Versailles, France in the late 18th century.

The queen of Spain, Isabella Farnese, passed away.

The British diplomat Thomas Bruce was born in Broomhall, Fife, Scotland in 1766.