1766

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1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart returns to Salzburg after touring Paris and London with his father
Christian VII becomes King of Denmark
Lorraine becomes French again on the death of Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland
The Burmese begin to invade the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya.
What is now England's oldest surviving Georgian theatre constructed in Stockton-on-Tees.
Childsburgh, the Orange County, North Carolina county seat laid out as Churton Town in 1754 and renamed in 1759, is renamed Hillsborough in honor of Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough.

January 1 - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism.

February 5 - An observer in Wilmington, North Carolina reports to the Edinburgh newspaper Caledonian Mercury that three ships were seized by British Men of War on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. The strict enforcement causes seven other ships to leave Wilmington for other ports.

February 20 - The Pennsylvania Gazette reports that a British sloop outside of Wilmington, North Carolina seized one sloop sailing from Philadelphia and one sloop sailing from Saint Christopher on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. In response, local residents threaten to burn a Royal Man of War attempting to deliver stamps to Wilmington, forcing the ship to return to the mouth of the Cape Fear River.

March 5 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
March 18 - American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act which was very unpopular in the British colonies. The persuasion of Benjamin Franklin is considered partly responsible. The Declaratory Act asserts the right of Britain to bind the colonies in all other respects.

November 10 - The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).

November 27 - An observer in New York City, New York reports to the Pennsylvania Gazzette that a British Sloop of War is searching all vessels passing near Cape Lookout, North Carolina and that some vessels have been seized.