1768

1768 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1768; MDCCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2521
Armenian calendar	1217; ԹՎ ՌՄԺԷ
Assyrian calendar	6518
Balinese saka calendar	1689–1690
Bengali calendar	1175
Berber calendar	2718
British Regnal year	8 Geo. 3 – 9 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2312
Burmese calendar	1130
Byzantine calendar	7276–7277
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (Fire Pig); 4464 or 4404; — to —; 戊子年 (Earth Rat); 4465 or 4405
Coptic calendar	1484–1485
Discordian calendar	2934
Ethiopian calendar	1760–1761
Hebrew calendar	5528–5529
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1824–1825
- Shaka Samvat	1689–1690
- Kali Yuga	4868–4869
Holocene calendar	11768
Igbo calendar	768–769
Iranian calendar	1146–1147
Islamic calendar	1181–1182
Japanese calendar	Meiwa 5; (明和５年)
Javanese calendar	1693–1694
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4101
Minguo calendar	144 before ROC; 民前144年
Nanakshahi calendar	300
Thai solar calendar	2310–2311
Tibetan calendar	阴火猪年; (female Fire-Pig); 1894 or 1513 or 741; — to —; 阳土鼠年; (male Earth-Rat); 1895 or 1514 or 742

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years:	1765 1766 1767 – 1768 – 1769 1770 1771

1768 (MDCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1768th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 768th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1768, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London)
May 10 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London
Secretary of State for colonies appointed in Britain
Massachusetts Assembly dissolved for refusing to assist collection of taxes.
Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops
France buys Corsica from Genoa
Gurkhas conquer Nepal
First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica are published; 100 are planned
James Cook's first voyage: 1768-1771