About the day » Friday January 22, 1773Calender converter

• Anthonij Anthonisz Salet, Amersfoort
• Cornelis Gerardse de Smit, Kats († 1820)
• Anna Rondeel, Zieuwent († 1840)
• Anthonie Jacobs DALMEIJER, Oosterend,Texel,Noord-Holland,Netherlands († 1829)
• Cornelia Bol, Stompwijk
• Anthonij Cornelisz (Anthonie) Dalmeijer, Oosterend († 1829)
• Bartholomaeus Gerritse, Nijmegen
• Anthonie Cornelisz Dalmeijer, Oosterend, Texel, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1829)
• Antonia Schaars, Didam, Nederland († 1857)
• Arend Frederik Wentink, Toldijk († 1862)

• Johannes Jan Hoeff OR van't Hoff (50), Delfshaven
• Egidius van den Berghe, Niel
• Antonie Anthonisz Salet (15), Amersfoort
• (A)egidius Knapen (65), Weert
• Gerrit Goudswaard (0), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Adrianus Vrijters, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Claudine Jacquette de Choiseul (41), Thenissey, Côte-d'Or, France
• Jakob Dönges (55), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Elsabe KOCK (1), Grossenbrode (DE)
• Jacques Gillot (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL

• 1729 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author († 1781)
• 1733 » Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer († 1796)
• 1740 » Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1809)
• 1781 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor († 1849)
• 1788 » Lord Byron, English poet and playwright († 1824)
• 1792 » Lady Lucy Whitmore, English noblewoman, hymn writer († 1840)
• 1796 » Karl Ernst Claus, Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic († 1864)
• 1797 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria († 1826)
• 1799 » Ludger Duvernay, Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician († 1852)
• 1802 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect († 1878)

• 1750 » Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1767 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)
• 1779 » Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
• 1779 » Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
• 1798 » Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)
• 1840 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1850 » Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)
• 1879 » Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)

• 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.
• 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 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 temperature on January 22, 1773 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.