Information about 1773
| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s |
| Years: | 885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891 |
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Events of 1773
January - June
- January 12 - The first American museum open to the public is opened in (Charleston, South Carolina).
- January 17 - Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle
- April 27 or May 10 - The British Parliament passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
- May 8 - In Egypt, Ottoman rebels revolt, killing Ali Bey, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt.
July - December
- July 21 - Under the pressure of the Bourbon courts Pope Clement XIV suppresses the Society of Jesus
- September 11 - The Public Advertiser publishes a satirical essay titled , which is written by Benjamin Franklin.
- October 10 - Daniel Boone leads the first attempt by British colonists to establish a settlement in Kentucky, but is turned back in an attack by American Indians in which his son is killed.
- October 12 - America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- October 13 - French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting, grand-design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici.
- October 14 - Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education) formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is considered to be the first ministry of education in the history of mankind.
- December 16 - Boston Tea Party occurs.
Undated
- Antigua Guatemala is destroyed by an earthquake and the capital of Guatemala is moved to Guatemala City.
- Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II expels Jesuits from the Empire, and Pope Clement XIV orders the dissolution of the Society of Jesus.
1773: Istanbul Technical University founded.
- Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russian forces fail to take Silistria.
- Hilaire Rouelle discovers urea.
- Istanbul Technical University is established (under the original name of Royal School of Naval Engineering) as the world's first comprehensive institution of higher learning dedicated to engineering education. Pioneer through the ages...(ITU)
- In China, written work begins on the Siku Quanshu, the largest literary compilation of books in China's history (surpassing the Yongle Encyclopedia of the 15th century). Upon completion in 1782, the books were bound in 36,381 volumes (册) with more than 79,000 chapters (卷), comprising about 2.3 million pages, and approximately 800 million Chinese characters.
- H4 & John Harrison win Longitude prize for Marine chronometer
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1773 MDCCLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2526 |
| Armenian calendar | 1222 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԲ |
| Bah' calendar | -71 – -70 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2317 |
| Chinese calendar | 4409/4469-8-5 (壬辰年八月初五日) — to — 4410/4470-6-13(癸巳年六月十三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1489 – 1490 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1765 – 1766 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5533 – 5534 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1828 – 1829 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1695 – 1696 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4874 – 4875 |
| Holocene calendar | 11773 |
| Iranian calendar | 1151 – 1152 |
| Islamic calendar | 1187 – 1188 |
| Japanese calendar | An'ei 0 (安永0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2433 (皇紀2433年) |
| Julian calendar | 1818 |
| Korean calendar | 4106 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2316 |
- January 14 - William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, British ambassador to China and Governor-General of India (d. 1854)
- January 27 - Prince Augustus of Great Britain, Duke of Sussex (d. 1843)
- February 9 - William Henry Harrison, American military leader and 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
- March 14 - John Holmes, American politician (d. 1843)
- March 16 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
- March 26 - Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician (d. 1836)
- April 4 - Étienne Maurice Gérard, Marshal of France and Prime Minister of France (d. 1852)
- April 9 - Étienne Aignan, French writer, librettist, and playwright (d. 1824)
- May 3 - Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian explorer (d. 1846)
- May 15 - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
- May 19 - Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854)
- May 31 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (d. 1853)
- June 13 - Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
- July 23 - Thomas Brisbane, Scottish astronomer and Governor of New South Wales (d. 1860)
- August 22 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (d. 1858)
- October 6 - Louis Philippe, King of the French (d. 1850)
- November 6 - Henry Hunt, British politician (d. 1835)
- December 9 - Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, French general and diplomat (d. 1827)
- December 17 - Sylvain Charles Valée, Marshal of France (d. 1846)
- December 21 - Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (d. 1858)
- December 27 - Sir George Cayley, English aviation pioneer
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Deaths
- January 21 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
- February 20 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
- March 1 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (b. 1700)
- March 24 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (b. 1694)
- May 8 - Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728)
- May 15 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
- June 27 - Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706)
- July 5 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
- July 12 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)
- July 23 - George Edwards, English naturalist (b. 1693)
- August 3 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
- August 27 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
- September 23 - Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
- August 20 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
- October 30 - Philippe de La Guêpière, French architect (b. 1725)
- November 16 - John Hawkesworth, English writer
- November 19 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (b. 1722)
- date unknown - Ahmed Shah Abdali, Afghani founder of the Durrani Empire (cancer) (b. 1724)
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- The Danes invade England (870) and conquer East Anglia.
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-1770- 1771 1772 1773 1774 . 1775 . 1776 . 1777 . 1778 . 1779 . 1780
In science: 1767 1768 1769 -1770- 1771 1772 1773
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-1773- 1774 . 1775 . 1776 1777 . 1778 . 1779 . 1780 . 1781 . 1782 .
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- The Boston Tea Party escalates tensions between America and England.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan marries Elizabeth Linley.
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Events
- The Boston Tea Party protests the Tea Act (16 December).
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1771 | 1772 | 1773 | 1774 | 1775 Events from the year 1773 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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- 17 January - Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.
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1772 colonial governors - Events of 1773 - 1774 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
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- Angola - António de Lencastre, Governor of Angola (1772-1779)
- Macau - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha, Governor of Macau (1771-1777)
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