Page 2: Historical Events In 1773

May 24   Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73.   

May 26   Hans Georg Nageli, composer   

May 31   Ludwig Tieck, writer   

Jun 03   Caspar G C Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist.   

Jun 13   Thomas Young, British philologist/physician (light interference)   

Jun 17   Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.   

Jul 06   Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer   

Jul 07   Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60.   

Jul 12   Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76.   

Jul 13   Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art).   

Jul 20   Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)   

Jul 21   Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits.   

Jul 23   Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer.   

Jul 29   1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH.   

Jul 29   The inaugural schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH   

Aug 23   Jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

Aug 25   Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29   

Aug 29   Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music).   

Sep 11   Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace".   

Sep 11   Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace.".   

Sep 20   Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63.   

Sep 24   Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer.   

Oct 12   America's inaugural insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia   

Oct 13   The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by Charles Messier   

Oct 14   The inaugural recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland   

Oct 21   Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78.   

Oct 23   Pietro Generali, composer.   

Nov 16   John Hawkesworth, English writer.   

Nov 22   Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48.   

Nov 25   Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66.   

Dec 16   Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)   

Dec 16   Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome   

Dec 16   Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor   

Dec 16   The Boston Tea Party occurs when American colonists board a British ship and dump overboard more than 300 chests of tea to protest high taxes   

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Jan 04   In the year 1773 birth of johann Peter Heuschkel, composer   

Jan 05   Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845)   

Feb 02   On this day in history birth of vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of william Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841)   

Feb 22   In the year 1773 birth of matthijs I van Bree, Flemish (court)painter   

Mar 04   Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 07   In the year 1773 birth of tommaso Marchesi, composer   

Jan 04   Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) died on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1773 death of alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)   

Feb 20   On this day in history charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71   

Mar 01   Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer (b. 1727) died in the year 1773.   

Mar 24   On this day in history death of philip Dormer Stanhope, English statesman (b. 1694)   

Apr 19   Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

May 08   On this day in history ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies