January 1, 1766 Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies January 1, 1766 James III Edward, Old Pretender/king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies at 77 January 10, 1766 Louis Massonneau, composer January 14, 1766 Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42 January 22, 1766 Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Les V‚nitiens) January 25, 1766 Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king Willem I February 11, 1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia February 14, 1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels February 14, 1766 Thomas Malthus, England, population expert (Law of Malthus) February 15, 1766 Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer February 23, 1766 Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies February 24, 1766 Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo) February 26, 1766 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30 March 3, 1766 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73 March 4, 1766 Emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon) March 5, 1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French March 8, 1766 Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces March 17, 1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act March 18, 1766 Britain repeals the Stamp Act March 25, 1766 Johannes Ritschel, composer, dies at 26