Editing 1766 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; Seventeen days after the Stamp Act's repeal in London, news reaches America of the decision.<ref>{{cite book|first=Charles G. |last=Steffen|title=The Mechanics of Baltimore: Workers and Politics in the Age of Revolution, 1763-1812|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=1984|page=57}}</ref>
* [[April 9]]
** African slaves are imported directly into the American colony of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] for the first time, as the sloop ''Mary Brow'' arrives in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] with 78 captives imported from [[Saint-Louis, Senegal]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=The Transatlantic Slave Trade Comes to Georgia|first=James A.|last=McMillin|title=Slavery and Freedom in Savannah|publisher=University of Georgia Press|year=2014|page=15}}</ref> 
** American botanist [[John Bartram]] completes his first exploration and cataloging of North American plants after more than nine months.<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul R.|last=Wonning|title=A Year of Colonial American History: 366 Days of United States Colonial History|publisher=Mossy Feet Books|year=2018|page=133}}</ref> 
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Charles III of Spain|King Carlos III of Spain]] issues a royal [[Cédula de identidad|cédula]] from [[Aranjuez]] to round up all ethnic [[Chinese in the Philippines]] and to move them to ghettoes in various provinces.<ref>{{cite book|first=Nicanor G.|last=Tiongson|title=The Women of Malolos|publisher=Ateneo University Press|year=2004|page=18}}</ref>
* [[May 29]] &ndash; In a paper read to the [[Royal Society]], British theoretical chemist [[Henry Cavendish]] first describes his process of producing what he refers to as "inflammable air" by dissolving base metals such as iron, zinc and tin in a flask of sulfuric acid or [[hydrochloric acid]], drawing the conclusion that the vapor that was released is different from air. Seven years later, French chemist [[Antoine Lavoisier]] bestows the name "[[hydrogen]]" on the gas.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ebbe|last=Almqvist|title=History of Industrial Gases|publisher=Springer|year=2003|page=21}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; The [[Bristol Old Vic|Theatre Royal, Bristol]], opens in England. Also this year in England, the surviving ''[[Georgian Theatre (Stockton-on-Tees)]]'' opens as a playhouse.
* [[June 4]] &ndash; On the occasion of the 28th birthday of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]], members of the [[Sons of Liberty]] in Manhattan erect a [[Liberty pole#American Revolution|liberty pole]] as a protest for the first time. The historic symbol, a tall "wooden pole with a [[Phrygian cap]]" is placed "on the Fields somewhere between Broadway and Park Row".<ref>{{cite book|first=Sally|last=Webster|title=The Nation's First Monument and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition: Liberty Enshrined|publisher=Routledge|year=2017|page=59}}</ref> British soldiers cut down the pole in August.