Anniversarial — 2022
1772
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2022:
Births
- Adams, Thomas Boylston (born 1772–died 1832), American [unknown occupation]
- Auger, Louis Simon (born 1772–died 1829), French author, journalist, playwright, academician, scholar, editor, academic
- Baring, Sir Thomas, 2nd baronet (born 1772–died 1848), English banker
- Blake, Maria Charlotte [née Phipps] (born before 1772–died 1823), English home-maker
- Bourrit, Charles (born 1772–died 1840), Swiss churchman, Protestant, librarian, archivist
- Buchanan, John (born 1772–died 1826), English churchman
- Campenon, François Nicolas Vincent (born 1772–died 1843), French author, poet, translator, literary editor
- Carr, Sir John (born 1772–died 1832), English lawyer, author, travel-writer
- Delessert, Laure Renée Livie Jacqueline [née de Lessert] (born 1772–died 1823), Swiss home-maker
- Desonnaz, Jean (born 1772–died 1798), Swiss revolutionary activist
- Erskine, Sir David (born 1772–died 1837), Scottish author, antiquarian
- Gérando, Joseph Marie de, baron de Gérando (born 1772–died 1842), French civil servant, sociologist, ethnologist
- Gordon, Sir James Willoughby, baronet (born 1772–died 1851), English army officer, academician
- Griffinhoofe, Benjamin (born 1772–died 1841), English lawyer, politician, member of Parliament
- Herbert, Henry George, 2nd earl of Caernarvon (born 1772–died 1833), English aristocrat
- Lloyd, Reverend Doctor Bartholomew (born 1772–died 1837), Irish university administrator, academician
- Mangin, Reverend Edward (born 1772–died 1852), Irish churchman, conversationalist, author, translator
- The Morning Post (founded 1772), English newspaper
- Ricardo, David (born 1772–died 1823), English author, political economist
- Thiénon, Anne Claude (born 1772–died 1846), French artist
- Warden, David Bailie (born 1772–died 1845), Irish midwife, diplomat, author, journalist, science-writer, scholar
Deaths
- Achard, Antoine (born 1696–died 1772), Swiss churchman, Protestant
- Augusta, princess of Wales [née von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg] (born 1719–died 1772), German princess, consort
- Bagard, Charles (born 1696–died 1772), French physician, medical author
- Baudouin, Mathurin (born c. 1720–died 1772), French churchman, Catholic
- Baylor, John (born 1705–died 1772), American politician
- Bernin de Valentiné, Louis Sébastien, marquis d’Ussé (born 1692–died 1772), French police-officer, civil servant
- Bernstorff, Johann Hartwig Ernst von, graf von Bernstorff (born 1712–died 1772), German diplomat, government minister
- Borlase, William (born 1696–died 1772), English gardener, mineralogist, churchman, antiquarian, author, collector
- Canton, John (born 1718–died 1772), English school administrator, physicist, academician
- Cartier, Bernard (born 1715–died after 1772), Swiss clockmaker, tradesman
- Crussol-Florensac, Anne Charlotte de, duchesse d’Aiguillon (born 1700–died 1772), French aristocrat
- Desforges-Maillard, Paul (born 1699–died 1772), French lawyer, poet, academician
- Du Molard-Bert, Charles (born 1709–died 1772), French scholar, academician, academic
- Dutens, Frédéric (died 1772), French banker
- Favart, Marie Justine Benoîte (born 1727–died 1772), French actor
- Finnie, John (died 1772), Scottish churchman, librarian, archivist
- Fitzherbert, William (born 1712–died 1772), English gentleman, politician, member of Parliament
- Frederick III, herzog von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (born 1699–died 1772), German monarch, soldier
- Fyot, Jean Philippe, marquis de La Marche (born 1723–died 1772), French judge, lawyer
- Gastaldi, Girolamo (died 1772), Italian diplomat, politician, poet, translator
- Gentils, Angélique de, marquise de Langallerie [née Constant de Rebecque] (born 1731–died 1772), Swiss aristocrat
- Hildesley, Reverend Mark, bishop of Sodor and Man (born 1698–died 1772), English churchman
- Hooke, Thomas (born 1693–died 1772), English translator
- Jacquéry, Madeleine [née Mourgues] (born 1707–died 1772), French home-maker
- Johnstone of Westerhall, Sir James, 3rd baronet (born 1697–died 1772), Scottish [unknown occupation]
- Lamoignon de Blancmesnil, Guillaume de (born 1683–died 1772), French lawyer, politician, civil servant
- Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Guillaume de (born 1683–died 1772), French magistrate
- Latran, Henri Nicolas (born 1731–died 1772), Belgian civil servant
- Lee, George Henry, 3rd earl of Lichfield (born 1718–died 1772), English aristocrat, university administrator
- Lomax, Lunsford (born 1705–died 1772), American politician, landowner
- Nelson, William (born 1711–died 1772), American merchant, politician
- North, Reverend George (born 1710–died 1772), English churchman
- Pinot Duclos, Charles (born 1704–died 1772), French author, historian, academician
- Reid, Margaret (born 1742–died 1772), Scottish home-maker
- Rochmondet, Jean Bénédict (born 1696–died 1772), French army officer
- Rulhière, Martin de (born 1706–died 1772), French police-officer
- Stanhope, Sir William (born 1702–died 1772), English politician, member of Parliament, wit
- Steyn, Pieter (born 1706–died 1772), Dutch politician
- Stobo, Robert (born 1727–died 1772), American army officer
- Thieriot, Nicolas Claude (born 1697–died 1772), French amanuensis, editor
- Toussaint, François Vincent (born 1715–died 1772), French journalist, translator
- Valleré, Pierre (born 1702–died 1772), French lawyer
- Whately, Thomas (born 1726–died 1772), English politician, member of Parliament, civil servant, author
- Wilkie, William (born 1721–died 1772), Scottish author, poet, churchman, university teacher
- Wintzenried de Courtilles, Jean Samuel Rodolphe (born 1716–died 1772), Swiss factotum, civil servant, servant, wigmaker