Important Events
- Jan 17 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S)
- Dec 16 Boston tea party incident - Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbour in protest against British imposed Tea Act
Did You Know?
Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
On September 11, 1773
William Henry HarrisonWorld Leaders in 1773
Frederick North
British Prime Minister- Frederick the Great
King of Prussia
Frederick North
Frederick the GreatFamous People in 1773
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical Musician and Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWould You Believe?
Benjamin Franklin publishes a hoax letter "An Edict by the King of Prussia" in the Public Advertiser, criticising Britain's colonial policies in the American colonies
On September 22, 1773
Famous Weddings
- Oct 10 American revolution patriot Paul Revere (38) weds Rachel Walker in Boston, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
- Jan 4 Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
- Jan 21 Alexis Piron, French dramatist (La Métromanie), dies at 83
- Feb 20 Charles Emanuel III of Savoy, King of Sardinia, dies at 71
- Mar 1 Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63
- Mar 1 Luigi Vanvitelli, [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at 72