1773

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Centuries:	17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades:	1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s
Years:	1770 1771 1772 - 1773 - 1774 1775 1776

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Events of 1773

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 21 - Under the pressure of the Bourbon courts Pope Clement XIV suppresses the Society of Jesus
October 12 - America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Williamsburg, Virginia
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

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.

Baron de Morveau experiments with chlorine as a disinfectant.
Daniel Boone leads some pioneers into Kentucky. "Native American Indians" attack, and Boone's son is killed.
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 institition of higher learning dedicated to engineering education. Pioneer through the ages...(ITU)

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)

See also Category: 1773 births.

See also Category: 1773 deaths.

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