What happened in 1773?
67 recorded events in 1773, including 37 in people, 9 in exploration & discovery and 8 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Siege of Silistra (1773)
1773 siege during the Russo-Turkish war
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People 37
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Philibert Commerson died
French scientist (1727-1773)
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Amédée-François Frézier died
French scientist, spy and explorer (1682-1773)
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Johann Joachim Quantz died
German flutist, flute maker and composer (1697-1773)
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John Clayton died
American colonial botanist (1694-1773)
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Andreas Berlin died
Swedish naturalist (1746-1773)
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Jorge Juan y Santacilia died
Spanish mathematician and naval officer
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Michael Christoph Hanow died
German historian and scientist
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Juan Martín Cermeño died
Spanish architect, military engineer, and lieutenant general
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George Sr. Adams died
British mathematical instrument maker and science writer (c. 1709–1772)
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Edward Willes died
English Anglican bishop and cryptanalyst
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Yamaji Nushizumi died
Japanese mathematician
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Andrew Planta died
Swiss librarian; (1717-1773)
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Ludwig van Beethoven died
Grandfather of composer Ludwig van Beethoven
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Johann Lorenz Bach died
German composer (1695-1773)
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Joan Baptista Pla died
Spanish musician
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John Cunningham died
Dublin born playwright, poet and actor (1729-1773)
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Sarah Hallam died
Actor
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Beata Sabina Straas died
Swedish actress
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Samuel Johnson died
English dancing-master and dramatist
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Franz Nikolaus Novotny died
Austrian composer
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John Ward died
English actor, born 1704
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Carl Höckh died
Violinist and composer
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William Henry Harrison born
Born in Charles City County. President of the United States in 1841 (1773-1841).
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Klemens von Metternich born
Born in Koblenz. Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859).
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Thomas Young born
Born in Milverton. English polymath (1773-1829).
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Ludwig Tieck born
Born in Berlin. German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853).
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James Mill born
Born in Angus. Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher (1773-1836).
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Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi born
Born in Geneva. Swiss economist and historian (1773-1842).
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Josef Jungmann born
Born in Hudlice. Czech linguist and poet.
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Étienne Maurice Gérard born
Born in Damvillers. Marshal of France (1773-1852).
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Yuri Lisyansky born
Born in Nizhyn. Explorer.
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Henrik Steffens born
Born in Stavanger. German philosopher, theologian, scientist and poet (1773-1845).
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Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt born
Born in Caulaincourt. French soldier, diplomat and close personal aide to Napoleon Bonaparte (1773-1827).
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Thomas Brisbane born
Born in Largs. British Army general.
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Jean-Baptiste de Villèle born
Born in Toulouse. Plantation and slave owner, Prime Minister of France (1773-1854).
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François Fournier-Sarlovèze born
Born in Sarlat-la-Canéda. French general (1773–1827).
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Jacob Aall born
Born in Porsgrunn. Politician, historian, landowner and economist (1773-1844).
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Science & Technology 3
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Pavia Botanic Garden
Botanical garden in Italy
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Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
Mining Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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MONIKI
Hospital in Russia
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Exploration & Discovery 9
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Kotelny Island
Island in Anzhu Islands, Russia
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Disko Island
Island in Baffin Bay, Greenland
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Manuae
Atoll of the Cook Islands
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Motutunga
Island in French Polynesia
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Tekokota
Island in French Polynesia
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Marion Island
Uninhabited, inhospitable sub-Antarctic volcano island owned by South Africa since 1947
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Marutea Nord
Island in French Polynesia
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île de Croÿ
Island in the Kerguelen islands
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Townley Vase
Marble roman vase of the 2nd century
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Kauman Great Mosque
Mosque in Indonesia
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Jusuf Efendi Mosque
Mosque in Lipkovo, North Macedonia
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Our Lady of Exile and St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral, Florianópolis
Church in Florianópolis, Brazil
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Economy & Trade 2
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Aniche Mining Company
French coal mining company
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Mander Brothers
Company based in Wolverhampton, England
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1773 Guatemala earthquake
1773 Guatemala earthquake (Disasters & Pandemics).
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Boston Tea Party
1773 American protest against British taxation
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Architecture & Engineering 8
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Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, Szeged
Church building in Szeged, Hungary
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Söflingen Abbey
Church building in Ulm, Tübingen Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany
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Santo Domingo convent
Church building in Argentina
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Træna Church
Church in Træna, Norway
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Austefjord Church
Church building in Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Neuwiller-lès-Saverne
Former abbey church located in Bas-Rhin, in France
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Christ Church
Church in Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Historic church in WIlliamsboro, North Carolina
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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Teatro Fraschini
Theatre in Pavia, Italy
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Teatro Titano
Theatre in San Marino, Republic of San Marino
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