1772

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1772 was 99 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham.

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In 1772, Lord Mansfield delivered the decision that led to the end of slavery in England. The volcano Mount Papandayan in West Java erupted and partially collapsed, the debris avalanche killing several thousand.

Notable births in 1772 included philosopher Charles Fourier, economist David Ricardo, reformer Ram Mohan Roy, inventor Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, and poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Notable deaths included cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, engineer James Brindley, and abolitionist John Woolman.

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