Editing 1772 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Basques|Basque]]-Spanish explorer [[Domingo de Bonechea]], in the ''Aguila'', sights [[Tauere]] [[atoll]], which he names ''San Simon y Judas''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/descargaPdf/un-diario-inedito-sobre-la-presencia-espanola-en-tahiti-1774-1775/ |title=Un diario inédito sobre la presencia española en Tahití (1774-1775) |first=Francisco |last=Mellén Blanco |pages=109–182 |access-date=24 May 2019 |via=[[Cervantes Virtual]] |language=es |year=1992 |journal=Revista Española del Pacífico |issue=2}}</ref>
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Samuel Adams]] and [[Joseph Warren]] form the first [[committee of correspondence|Committee of Correspondence]].
* [[December 14]] 
** Russian government offices reopen at [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg]] after being closed for 15 months because of an [[1770–1772 Russian plague|epidemic of bubonic plague]].<ref>John T. Alexander, ''Catherine the Great: Life and Legend'' (Oxford University Press, 1989) p159</ref>
** [[Second voyage of James Cook]]: The crew of {{HMS|Resolution|1771|6}} finds that the [[ice floe]]s encountered on their journey south are a source of fresh water, a "discovery... of utmost importance to the success of the voyage."<ref>"Anders Sparrman, 1748—1820", in ''Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond'', ed. by Keith R. Benson and Philip F. Rehbock (University of Washington Press, 2002) p230</ref>