Events in year of 1773
- 01-06Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
- 01-121st US public museum established (Charlestown SC)
- 02-26Construction authorized for Walnut St. jail (Philadelphia) (1st solitary)
- 03-12Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
- 07-20Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
- 07-21Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits
- 07-291st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, Ohio
- 09-11Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
- 12-16Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)
- 12-26Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia
People born in year of 1773
- 01-04Johann Peter Heuschkel: Composer
- 01-05Pieter Fontijn: Dutch painter / drawer
- 02-02Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek: Composer
- 02-09William Henry Harrison: Virginia, United States -- (Whigs) 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841)
- 02-22Matthijs I van Bree: Flemish (court)painter
- 03-04Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges: Composer
- 03-07Tommaso Marchesi: Composer
- 03-26Nathaniel Bowditch: Mathematician / astronomer / author (Marine Sextant)
- 04-06James Mill: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Philosopher / historian (Hist of British India)
- 04-22Jean V Baron de Rebecque: Swiss / Dutch army leader
- 04-24Harman W Muntinghe: Lawyer / Dutch colonial director
- 05-03Giuseppe Acerbi: Italian traveller / nature investigator / diplomat
- 05-15Clemens L Metternich: Austrian Prince
- 05-26Hans Georg Nageli: Composer
- 05-31Ludwig Tieck: Writer
- 06-03Caspar G C Reinwardt: German / Dutch biologist
- 06-03Michael Gottard Fischer: Composer
- 06-13Thomas Young: British philologist / Physician (light interference)
- 07-06Wenzel Thomas Matiegka: Composer
- 07-13Wilhelm H Wackenroder: German writer (Fantasies about Art)
- 07-23Karl Ludwig Hellwig: Composer
- 08-23Jakob F Fries: German philosopher
- 08-29Raphael G Kiesewetter: Austria -- Musicologist (Arab Music)
- 09-24Johann Philipp Christian Schulz: Composer
- 10-23Pietro Generali: Composer
- 12-24Joseph Wolfl: Composer
- 12-27George Cayley: England, United Kingdom -- Founder Science of Aerodynamics
People died in year of 1773
- 02-20Charles Emanuel I: King of Sardinia / Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71
- 03-01Jan Wagenaar: Dutch historian, dies at 63
- 03-01Luigi Vanvitelli [Louis van Wittel]: Italian architect, dies at 72
- 04-19Florian Johann Deller: Composer, dies at 43
- 05-08Ali Bey: Egyptian Mameluk head
- 05-24Jan Zach: Composer, dies at 73
- 07-07Cornelis Douwes: Dutch Mathematician / astronomer, dies at 60
- 07-12Johann Joachim Quantz: German royal flautist / composer, dies at 76
- 08-25Franz Nikolaus Novotny: Composer, dies at 29
- 09-20Pieter de Swart: Architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63
- 10-21Johann Conrad Schlaun: German barok architect, dies at 78
- 11-22Robert Clive: English occupier (India), dies at about 48
- 11-25Carl Hockh: Composer, dies at 66
Events in year of 1774
- 01-11Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
- 02-10Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
- 02-22English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
- 03-041st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)
- 03-07British close port of Boston to all commerce
- 03-25English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill
- 03-28Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
- 04-19CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis, " premieres in Paris
- 05-10Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
- 05-23Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
- 05-281st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
- 06-01Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed
- 06-02England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes
- 06-11Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army
- 06-13Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves
- 06-22English parliament accepts Quebec Act
- 07-12Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence
- 07-12Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan
- 07-17Captain Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)
- 07-31Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen
- 08-01Priestly discovers oxygen
- 08-06Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in New York
- 08-101st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
- 09-051st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
- 09-15Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured
- 10-141st American colonial declaration of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart
- 10-141st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Philadelphia)
- 10-20Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment
- 10-261st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia
- 10-26Minute Men organized in colonies
People born in year of 1774
- 01-24Karl Moser: Composer
- 02-15W G Frederik: Prince of Orange
- 02-16Pierre Rode: Composer
- 02-17Raphaelle Peale: United States -- Painter (After the Rain-1823)
- 03-05Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse: Composer
- 03-16Matthew Flinders: English navigator / cartographer (coast Australia)
- 03-20John Braham: Composer
- 04-17Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek: Organist / pianist / composer
- 04-21Jean-Baptiste Biot: French physicist / astronomer (balloonist)
- 05-27Francis Beaufort: Admiral / hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)
- 06-21Daniel D Tompkins: (D-R), 6th US Vice President (1817-25)
- 06-23Matthijs Siegenbeek: Dutch linguist (spelling)
- 08-12Robert Southey: English poet laureate / biographer of Nelson
- 08-18Meriwether Lewis: Charlottsville, Virginia -- Captain (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
- 08-28Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: 1st American Catholic Saint (1975)
- 09-08Anna K Emmerick / Emmerich: German poet
- 09-17Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti: Cardinal / linguist (understood 70 languages)
- 10-07Ferdinando Orlandi: Composer
- 10-14Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck: Dutch politician
- 11-14Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini: Composer
- 11-15William Horsley: Composer
- 12-20Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes: Composer
People died in year of 1774
- 01-21Mustapha III: Sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56
- 01-30Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma: Composer, dies at 69
- 01-30Jean-Pierre Guignon: Composer, dies at 71
- 02-10Florian Leopold Gassmann: Composer, dies at 44
- 04-04Oliver Goldsmith: Irish Poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17
- 04-23Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich: Painter
- 05-10Louis XV: King of France (1715-74), dies at 64
- 07-01Henry Fox Holland: English corrupt politician, dies at 68
- 07-07Giuseppi Maria Carretti: Composer, dies at 83
- 08-25Nicolo Jommelli: Composer, dies at 59
- 09-22Clement XIV [Giovanni Ganganelli]: Pope (1769-74)
- 10-13Willem Bentinck: Mister of Rhoon / Pendrecht / Orangist, dies at 69
- 10-16Robert Fergusson: Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems)
- 12-02Johann Friedrich Agricola: German (court)composer / organist, dies at 54
- 12-13Susanne K von Klettenberg: German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50
- 12-16Francois Quesnay: French personal Physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80
Events in year of 1775
- 01-11Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
- 01-179 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
- 01-22Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland
- 01-25Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
- 02-08Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner
- 02-09English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
- 02-15Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI
- 02-22Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland
- 03-061st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston
- 03-194 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)
- 03-19Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement
- 03-22Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament
- 03-23Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"
- 04-141st abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia
- 04-18Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!"
- 04-18Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington
- 04-19Minutemen Captain John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
- 04-19Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
- 04-20British begin siege of Boston
- 05-07Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
- 05-102nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time
- 05-102nd Continental Congress names George Washington, Supreme Commander
- 05-10Green Mountain Boys capture Ft Ticonderoga NY - American Revolution
- 05-20Citizens of Mecklenburg County, NC declare independence of Britain
- 06-07United Colonies change name to United States
- 06-121st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
- 06-14US Army founded
- 06-15George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
- 06-16Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress
- 06-221st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
People born in year of 1775
- 01-21Manuel Garcia: Composer
- 01-27Friedrich von Schelling: Germany -- Philosopher (Views on Christianity)
- 01-28Peter the Great: Russia
- 01-30Walter Savage Landor: Warwick, England -- Critic / writer (Imaginary Conversation)
- 02-05Margaretha J de Neufville: Author (Small Pligten)
- 02-09Farkas / Wolfgang Bolyai: Hungary -- Mathematician (parallel axiom)
- 02-10Charles Lamb: London, England -- Critic / poet / essayist
- 02-12Louise Catherine Johnson Adams: 1st lady (1825-1829)
- 02-18Thomas Girtin: London, England -- Artist / watercolorist
- 04-07Francis C Lowell: Founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
- 04-11Charles-Francois Dumonchau: Composer
- 04-21Alexander Anderson: United States -- Engraver / illustrator (Shakespeare)
- 04-22Georg Hermes: German philosopher / theologist (Hermenianen)
- 04-23Joseph Mallord Turner: England, United Kingdom -- Landscape painter (Shipwreck)
- 05-01Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn: Composer
- 05-21Lucien Bonaparte: Prince of Canino / Musignano
- 06-13Antoni Henryk Radziwill: Composer
- 07-05William Crotch: Composer
- 07-17August Harder: Composer
- 07-25Anna Symmes Harrison: Ohio, United States -- 9th 1st lady (1841)
- 08-02Jose Angel Lamas: Composer
- 08-17Philippe Libon: Composer
- 08-25Charlotte J T: Infant of Portugal (Court in Rio de Janeiro)
- 08-28Sophie Gail: Composer
- 08-31Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa: Composer
- 10-15Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Composer
- 10-21Guiseppi Baini: Composer
- 10-27Traugott Maximilian Eberwein: Composer
- 11-15Georges-Julien Sieber: Composer
- 11-27Joachim G le Sage ten Broek: Dutch notary / Catholic foreman / publicist
People died in year of 1775
- 01-08John Baskerville: English printer / type designer, dies at 68
- 01-10Jemeljan Pugatshov: Russian kosak leader / "Czar Peter III"
- 01-11Yemelyan Pugachov: Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
- 01-15Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Composer
- 06-11Egidio Romoaldo Duni: Italian composer, dies at 67
- 08-06Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber: Composer, dies at 72
- 09-07Johann Georg Holzbogen: Composer, dies at 48
- 09-18Andrew Foulis: Bookseller / printer
- 10-14Johann Jacob Rowalt: Composer, dies at 57
- 11-16Marian Paradeiser: Composer, dies at 28
- 11-29Lorenzo Somis: Composer, dies at 87
- 12-28Peter A van de Parra: Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at 61
- 12-31Richard Montgomery: General, dies fighting British