Editing 1772 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 13]] &ndash; The [[second voyage of James Cook]] departs from [[Plymouth]] on Captain Cook's new ship, [[HMS Resolution (1771)|HMS ''Resolution'']] and the companion ship [[HMS Adventure (1771)|HMS ''Adventure'']] in an attempt to prove the existence of an uncharted [[continent]] even further south than [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Price, A. Grenfell|title=The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as Told by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779|publisher=Courier Corporation|year=1971|page=107}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] &ndash; The [[First Partition of Poland|first Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] begins. The [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria]] becomes part of the [[crown land]]s of the [[Habsburg monarchy]].
* [[August 12]] &ndash; The [[volcano]] [[Mount Papandayan]] in [[West Java]] erupts and partially collapses, the debris avalanche killing several thousand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Papandayan|work=Global Volcanism Program|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=2010-09-09|url=http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-10=}}</ref>
* [[August 21]] &ndash; A [[Revolution of 1772|coup d'état]] by King [[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]] is completed by adopting a new [[Instrument of Government (1772)|Constitution]], ending [[Age of Liberty|half a century of parliamentary rule]] in [[Sweden]], and making him an [[Enlightened absolutism|enlightened despot]].
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa]] is founded in [[San Luis Obispo, California]].