Editing 1772 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts]] legislator [[Samuel Adams]] persuades his colleagues to approve his plan for creating a Committee of Correspondence to begin a dialogue with the other American colonies concerning mutual problems with England.<ref>"The Revenue Administration of Bengal, 1765-86", by R. B. Ramsbotham, in ''The Cambridge History of the British Empire'', H. H. Dodwell, ed.  (Cambridge University Press Archive, 1929) p. 413</ref><ref>Samuel Fallows, ''Samuel Adams: A Character Sketch, with Anecdotes, Characteristics and Chronology'' (The University Association, 1898) p. 110</ref>
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Warren Hastings]] begins his service for the [[British East India Company]] as [[List of governors of Bengal|Governor of Bengal]], arriving at the company's headquarters at [[Fort William, India|Fort William]], outside of [[Calcutta]], and including what are now parts of northeast [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref>Jaswant Lal Mehta, ''Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813'' (Sterling Publishers, 2005) p. 510</ref> Hastings serves for two years, then later becomes Governor-General of India.
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The [[Watauga Association]] Compact is signed in what is now East [[Tennessee]] by a group of white settlers led by William Bean, creating the first non-colonial government body in British North America.<ref>Lewis L. Laska, ''The Tennessee State Constitution: A Reference Guide'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1990) p. 1</ref>
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Gaspee Affair|''Gaspee'' Affair]]: In an act of defiance against the British [[Navigation Acts]], [[Patriot (American Revolution)|American patriots]], led by [[Abraham Whipple]], attack and burn the British customs [[schooner]] HMS ''Gaspee'' off of [[Rhode Island]].
* [[June 10]] &ndash; The [[crisis of 1772]] is triggered when, following the flight of their partner [[Alexander Fordyce]] to France, the London banking house of [[Neal, James, Fordyce and Down]] (which has been speculating in [[East India Company]] stock) suspends payment. The resultant panic causes other banks to fail, extends to Scotland, Amsterdam and the [[Thirteen Colonies]] and threatens the East India Company with [[bankruptcy]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Somersett's Case]]: [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield|Lord Mansfield]], the [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]], delivers the decision that leads to the end of [[slavery]] in England.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology327">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/327|url-access=registration|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/327 327]}}</ref>
* [[June 23]]–[[June 28|28]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)]]: First of two [[Russian occupations of Beirut]], following a naval bombardment which began on June 18.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Russian occupations of Beirut, 1772–74|last=Persen|first=William|journal=Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society|year=1955|volume=42|issue=3–4|pages=275–286|doi=10.1080/03068375508731555}}</ref>