Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (German: Johann Hartwig Ernst Graf von Bernstorff; 13 May 1712 – 18 February 1772) was a German-Danish statesman and a member of the Bernstorff noble family of Mecklenburg. He was the son of Joachim Engelke Freiherr von Bernstorff, chamberlain to the Elector of Hanover.
1772Feb, 18
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
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Events on 1772
- 9Jun
Gaspee Affair
The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. - 21Aug
Swedish Constitution of 1772
King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.