Deaths on November 10

Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)

Pedro António Joaquim Correia da Serra Garção (29 April 1724 – 10 November 1772) was a Portuguese lyric poet.

9 Jun

Gaspee Affair
The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
21 Aug

Swedish Constitution of 1772
King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.