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• Catharina Roelofsen, Opheusden,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Douwe Romkes Suenstra, Winsum († 1820)
• Aaron Burson, Fairfax MM, Loudoun Co., Virginia († 1842)
• Aalt Elbertsen Vastenburg, Nijkerk († 1830)
• Cornelius BECKX, Humbeek (B) († 1814)
• Beert Jacobsz van Veldhuijzen, Barneveld († 1777)
• Caterina Crijnen, Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1834)
• Ari de Winter, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Douwe Jelles Aggema (Jellema), Meppel († 1833)
• Coleta RAES, Nieuwerkerken (Aalst) Oost-Vlaanderen

• Harriet Theodosia Smith
• Baron Pieter Heer van Oudshoorn, Ridderbuurt, Gnephoek, Drakenburg van Rheede van Oudtshoorn (Reede van Ousthoren van Reede van Oudtshoorn tot Nederhorst) (58), On Board Ship, Asia
• Adrien Bernard COCQUART (58), Lillers, 62, Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Ariaantje Gerrits Baggerman (44), Werkendam
• Hendrik Jansen van der Vin (93), Poederoijen
• Augustinus Engels (78), Waarschoot, België
• Aris Brouwer (69), Zijpe
• Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn (58), At Sea, Aboard of Frigate Asia, Buried Cape Town, South Africa
• Hendrik Jansen VAN DER VEN (VIN) (93), Poederoijen
• Gerardus Willems Smits (84), Oosterhout

• 1719 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist († 1790)
• 1737 » John Hancock, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts († 1793)
• 1745 » William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal († 1814)
• 1752 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1832)
• 1780 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general († 1827)
• 1783 » Stendhal, French novelist († 1842)
• 1786 » Auguste de Montferrand, French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column († 1858)
• 1799 » Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire († 1858)
• 1809 » Surendra Sai, Indian activist († 1884)
• 1813 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist († 1895)

• 1744 » Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)
• 1785 » Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724)
• 1789 » John Cleland, English author (b. 1709)
• 1800 » Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749)
• 1803 » Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)
• 1805 » Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)
• 1806 » William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1810 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)

• 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 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
• 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 23, 1773 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: mistig zeer betrokken.