January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
Day of death January 1, 1773
The temperature on January 1, 1773 was about 4.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
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