What is 1768?
{{Year nav|1768}} {{Year in various calendars|1768}} {{Year article header|1768}} == Events == * [[January 9]] – [[Philip Astley]] stages the first modern [[circus (performing art)|circus]] ([[London]]) * [[May 10]] – [[John Wilkes]] is imprisoned for writing an article for the ''[[The North Briton|North Briton]]'' severely criticizing [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]. This action provokes rioting in [[London]] * [[Secretary of State]] for colonies appointed in [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] * [[Massachusetts Assembly]] dissolved for refusing to assist collection of taxes. * [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] citizens refuse to quarter [[United Kingdom|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 == Births == * [[12 February]] 1768 [[Francis I of Austria]] == Deaths == * [[3 March]] 1768 [[Nicola Porpora]] [[Category:1768| ]]