1773

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1740s  1750s  1760s  – 1770s –  1780s  1790s  1800s
Years:	1770 1771 1772 – 1773 – 1774 1775 1776

1773 Media

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  December 16: American protesters stage "Boston Tea Party"

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  January 12: Charleston Museum, the first museum in the American colonies is established

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  Robert Fullerton, Governor of Penang and first Governor of the Straits Settlements* * oil on canvas * 77 x 64cm * inscribed afterwards: ROBT FULLERTON, GOVR of / PENANG, H.E.I.C.S. son of / WILLIAM FULLERTON of CARSTAIRS / BORN 1773. DIED 1829

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  William Henry Harrison

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  Klemens von Metternich

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  Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

1773 (MDCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1773rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 773rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1773, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• December 16 – At the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty throw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This will help start the American Revolutionary War.

Births

• February 9 – William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States (d. 1841)