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August 1, 1773Born on Monday August 2, 1773
- Anna Catharina Suhlman* Walchum-, Walchum, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Charlotte Plouf, Berthierville, Quebec, Canada († 1841)
- Agatha Karsenberg, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
- Agnes McClintock, Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
- Adrianus Huysmans, Kasterlee, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1827)
- Aalbert Gerritsz Boddemeyer, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
- Adrianus Ooms, Geel, België
- Dorothea Willemina Potters, 's-Gravenhage
- Cornelia van der Wiele, Grijpskerke († 1837)
- Agatha Karssenberg, Vorden
Died on Monday August 2, 1773
- Antonius Jacobus Thevelein (49), Kemmel
- Jacoba Dictus (0), Zundert
- Maria Catharina van Haaren (0), Niftrik
- Anne CHOMEL de VALGELAS (73), Annonay,07100,Ardèche,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
- Jantje Claes Decker (77)
- John BISBEE (82), Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Anna de Haas (65), Rotterdam, Franse kerk
- Jantje Claes Decker
- Anna Sophia Hagedorn (1), Königlich Reetz / Neureetz,Märkisch-Oderland,Brandenburg,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
- Jacques ARMSPACH (66), Wittelsheim, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 2, 1773 at Delpher
Born on August 2
- 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
- 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
- 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
- 1754 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. († 1825)
- 1788 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic († 1853)
- 1815 » Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian († 1894)
- 1820 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer († 1893)
- 1828 » Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general († 1895)
- 1834 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty († 1904)
- 1835 » Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric († 1901)
Died on August 2
- 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
- 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
- 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
- 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
- 1815 » Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)
- 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
- 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
- 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
- 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
- 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
Names that were popular for boys in 1773
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Joseph
- Jans
- Jean
- Franciscus
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1773
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Jans
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1773
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
- January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
- May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
- 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.
- 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.
The weather on Monday August 2, 1773
The temperature on August 2, 1773 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI