Notable Historical Events - 1773
1773 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom |
Jan 12 |
1st US public museum established (Charlestown SC) |
Jan 17 |
Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S) |
Feb 26 |
Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary) |
Mar 12 |
Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago |
Mar 18 |
Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London |
Apr 27 |
British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) |
Jun 17 |
Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar |
Jul 20 |
Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) |
Jul 21 |
Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits |
Jul 29 |
1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH |
Sep 11 |
Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" |
Oct 12 |
America's first 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 first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland. |
Oct 14 |
American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland. |
Nov 5 |
John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting that resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is an "Enemy to America" |
Dec 16 |
Boston tea party incident - Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbour in protest against British omposed Tea Act |
Dec 18 |
A skirmish at Grass Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound results in the deaths of two Māori and nine members of Cook's expedition, New Zealand |
Dec 26 |
Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia |
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