Editing 1772 (section)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Princess Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym]], Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (b. [[1715]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]], Princess of Wales (b. [[1719]])
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo]], Venetian aristocrat and salon holder (b. [[1715]])
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Mitromaras]], Greek rebel and pirate<ref>{{cite book | last=Kargakos | first = Sarantos I. | title = Αλβανοί, Αρβανίτες, Ελληνες | year = 1999 | publisher = I. Sideris | location = Athens | language = el | isbn = 9789600801729 | url = {{Gbooks|EpovAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=yes}} | page = 170 }}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff]], Danish statesman (b. [[1712]])
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein]] (b. [[1694]])
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Nicolas Bellin]], French cartographer (b. [[1703]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[John Canton]], English physicist (b. [[1718]])
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Charles Pinot Duclos]], French writer (b. [[1704]])
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Taylor White]], British judge (b. [[1701]])
[[File:Emanuel Swedenborg.PNG|thumb|right|110px|[[Emanuel Swedenborg]]]]
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. [[1688]])
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]], Danish royal physician and ''de facto'' regent, executed (b. [[1737]])
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Achenwall]], German statistician (b. [[1719]])
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Durastante Natalucci]], Italian historian (b. [[1687]])
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Louis-Claude Daquin]], French composer (b. [[1694]])
* [[June 18]] 
** [[Gerard van Swieten]], Dutch-born Austrian physician (b. [[1700]])
** [[Johann Ulrich von Cramer]], German judge, philosopher (b. [[1706]])
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[François-Vincent Toussaint]], French writer most famous for ''Les Mœurs'' (The Manners) (b. [[1715]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[William Borlase]], English naturalist (b. [[1695]])
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[James Brindley]], English canal builder (b. [[1716]])
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[John Woolman]], American Quaker preacher, abolitionist (b. [[1720]])
[[File:Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (original replica) by Maurice Quentin de La Tour.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville]]]]
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville]], French violinist, composer (b. [[1711]])
* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Green (merchant)|Benjamin Green]], Canadian merchant and judge (b. [[1713]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], Afghan founder of the Durrani Empire (cancer) (b. [[1724]])
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Andrea Belli]], Maltese architect, businessman (b. [[1703]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção]], Portuguese poet (b. [[1724]])
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Madhavrao I]], ruler of India (b. [[1745]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[William Nelson (governor)|William Nelson]], American colonial governor of Virginia (b. [[1711]])
*[[December 4]] &ndash; [[Dov Ber of Mezeritch]], the Great Maggid, a preacher and founder of [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidism]].
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Martín Sarmiento]], Spanish writer, scholar (b. [[1695]])<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://ruc.udc.es/dspace/bitstream/handle/2183/8985/CC82art4ocr.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Fr. Martín Sarmiento (1695-1772) |first=Eduardo |last=Pardo de Guevara y Valdés |date=23 October 2002 |access-date=24 May 2019 |page=99 |journal=DSpace Home |publisher=[[Universidade da Coruña]] |language=es}}</ref>
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Panna Cinka]], Hungarian violinist (b. [[1711]])