1772 in Austria

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Decades:	1780s 1790s
See also:	Other events of 1772 List of years in Austria

Events from the year 1772 in Austria

Incumbents

• Monarch – Maria Theresa
• Monarch – Joseph II

Events

• February 17 – The first partition of the Poland is agreed to by the Russian Empire and Prussia, later joined by Austria.

Births

Deaths

June

• June 18 – Gerard van Swieten, 72, Dutch-Austrian physician^[1]

References

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