Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1773. This year saw 18 significant events. 2 notable figures were born.
Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between...
Spanish painter Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu in Madrid
American revolution patriot Paul Revere (38) weds Rachel Walker in Boston, Massachusetts
American seamstress Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy Ross) weds American upholster John Ross at Huggs Tavern in Gloucester City, New Jersey
Boston Tea Party incident – Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston Harbor to protest the British-imposed Tea Act and escalating taxation without representation in the British Parliament
Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
First public museum established in north American colonies in Charlestown, South Carolina
State of Pennsylvania approves construction of Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia; it will become the first experiment with the practice of solitary confinement in the United States
Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy play by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. First performed in London in 1773, it is Goldsmith's best-known play and a cornerstone of both English literature and...
British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this)
Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
Pictou (Canadian Gaelic: Baile Phiogto; Mi'kmaq: Piktuk) is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Pope Clement XIV issues papal brief Dominus ac Redemptor, supressing the Jesuit order (lifted 1814)
First schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is completed in Schoenbrunn, Ohio
America's first asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years...
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest on December 16, 1773 during the American Revolution.
William Henry Harrison is born
Klemens von Metternich, Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and chancellor, known for austrian diplomat, foreign minister and chancellor, was born on 1773-05-15.
Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between...
Spanish painter Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu in Madrid
American revolution patriot Paul Revere (38) weds Rachel Walker in Boston, Massachusetts
American seamstress Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy Ross) weds American upholster John Ross at Huggs Tavern in Gloucester City, New Jersey
Boston Tea Party incident – Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston Harbor to protest the British-imposed Tea Act and escalating taxation without representation in the British Parliament
Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
First public museum established in north American colonies in Charlestown, South Carolina
State of Pennsylvania approves construction of Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia; it will become the first experiment with the practice of solitary confinement in the United States
Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy play by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. First performed in London in 1773, it is Goldsmith's best-known play and a cornerstone of both English literature and...
British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this)
Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
Pictou (Canadian Gaelic: Baile Phiogto; Mi'kmaq: Piktuk) is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Pope Clement XIV issues papal brief Dominus ac Redemptor, supressing the Jesuit order (lifted 1814)
First schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is completed in Schoenbrunn, Ohio
America's first asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years...
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest on December 16, 1773 during the American Revolution.