1773 in History – What happened in year 1773

In history, year 1773 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1773.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1773:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
01 january	The hymn 'Amazing Grace' was probably first used in a prayer meeting in Olney, England, without the music familiar to modern listeners.
16 december	To prevent the unloading of tea that was taxed without their consent under the Tea Act, a group of colonists destroyed it by throwing it into Boston Harbor.
13 October	Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy.
06 January	Massachusetts slaves petitioned the Legislature for independence.
26 February	Construction rights for Walnut St. Jail Philadelphia).
18 March	Oliver Goldsmith's "She To Win" premiered in London.
27 April	The British Parliament passed the Tea Act.
08 May	In Egypt, the Ottoman rebels revolted, killing Ali Bay, the Malluk Sultan of Egypt.
17 June	Cucaca, Colombia was founded by Juana Rangel de Cuellar.
21 July	Pope Clemens XIV banned Jesus.
11 September	Benjamin Franklin wrote a book called "There was never a good war or a bad peace".
13 October	The Whirlpool galaxy was discovered by Charles Messier.
05 November	John Hencock was elected as a mediator at the Boston city meeting, which resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is "an enemy of America".
26 December	Tea vessels were expelled from Philadelphia.

Famous birthdays in the year 1773:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 May	Henrik Steffens / Philosopher / Norway
02 June	John Randolph of Roanoke / Politician / United States of America
06 October	John MacCulloch / Academic / Scotland
09 February	William Henry Harrison / Politician / United States of America
09 April	Étienne Aignan / Author / France
09 November	Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd / Author / Denmark
09 January	Cassandra Austen / Painter / United Kingdom
12 August	Karl Faber / Academic / Russia
13 June	Thomas Young / Physicist / United Kingdom
14 April	Jean-Baptiste de Villèle / Politician / France
15 May	Klemens von Metternich / Politician / Germany
16 March	Juan Ramón Balcarce / Politician / United States of America
17 September	Jonathan Alder / Captain / United States of America
19 May	Arthur Aikin / Chemist / United Kingdom
22 August	Aimé Bonpland / Botanist / France
23 July	Thomas Brisbane / Politician / Scotland
25 September	Agostino Bassi / Author / Italy
26 March	Nathaniel Bowditch / Mathematician / United States of America
28 March	Henri Gatien Bertrand / General / France
31 May	Ludwig Tieck / Poet / Germany