What happened 1768 AD

In 1768, he signed a Baltimore County petition to move the county seat from Joppa to Baltimore. An entry for his property in a 1773 Baltimore County tax list identified Banneker as the only adult member of his household.

The island of Montserrat is known as the "Emerald Island of the Caribbean" because of its founding by Irish refugees from Saint Kitts and Nevis. Montserrat is one of three places where St Patrick's Day is a public holiday, along with Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador. The holiday in Montserrat also commemorates a failed slave uprising that occurred on 17 March 1768.

Ali Bey al-Kabir was a Mamluk leader in Egypt. In 1768. Ali Bey Al-Kabir declared independence from the Ottomans.

The founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, James Varicick, was born in New York.

Adrian Haworth was born in Hull, England in the late 18th century.

The Queen consort of King George IV, Caroline of Brunswick, was born in the Holy Roman Empire.

The Dutch governor-general of Suriname, Jan Jacob Mauricius, passed away at the age of 75.

The English general Henry Paget was born in London in 1768.