1767

Events of 1767

January 1 - Nautical Almanac for the first time gives mariners the means to find their longitude while at sea, using tables of lunar distances.
January 9 - William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace; a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront.
June 19 - Jean Chastel kills the infamous Beast of Gévaudan by firing 2 silver bullets at it because he thought it was a werewolf. The Beast's Reign of Terror began in 1764.
June 18 - Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
June 29 - The Townshend Acts are passed by British Parliament, placing a tax on common products, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.

July 3 - Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
July 3 - Norway's oldest newspaper, still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date).

August 26 - Construction begins on Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina. The construction proves more expensive than initially expected, leading the government to increase local taxes. This stirs resentment among some North Carolinians and helps prolong the War of the Regulation.

The Burmese army captures the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, and destroys the city.
North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky - in defiance of a decree from King George III. He discovers a rich hunting ground, contested by several Native American tribes.
American Whalers venture into the Antarctic for the first time, and begin to commercially exploit it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau settles in England.

First known competition of winter sport biathlon takes place, in Norway.
The final volume of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne is published.
Mozart completes his first true opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus.
The term "fine art" is first used.
Suppression of the Society of Jesus occurs in the Spanish Empire.
Construction begins on the Putuo Zongcheng Temple complex in Chengde, China, under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.

January 7 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (born 1703)
January 22 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (born 1719)
March 7 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (born 1680)
April 7 - Franz Sparry, composer (born 1715)
June 25 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (born 1681)
September 4 - Charles Townshend, English politician (born 1725)
December 1 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (born 1710)
December 22 - John Newbery, English publisher (born 1713)
date unknown - Firmin Abauzit, French scientist (born 1679)