About the day » Sunday January 3, 1773Calender converter

• Ann Clench, Bere Regis, Dorset, England († 1861)
• Andries Arent Burgmans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1777)
• Andreas CROMPVOETS, Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1821)
• Aaltjen Willems Kwappenberg, Terwolde,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1836)
• Abraham Teeuw, Sliedrecht,,NL († 1818)
• Andreas Crompvoets, Buggenum († 1821)
• Abraham Arijsz Teeuw, Sliedrecht
• Aaron Mozes Blog († 1819)
• Adriaan Isaaks Moerland, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1815)
• Abraham Arijsz Teeuw, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1828)

• Annatie Peek
• Hendrina de Haan (44), Woudrichem
• Catharina Van Landtschoot (0)
• Hendrika Haan de (44), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clara Arons van Collem (67), Amsterdam
• Helene-Juliane MULLER (42), Penkun
• Adriana Wilmse ZEIJLMANS (79), Loon op Zand
• Cornelis Everts van der Starre (0), Sluipwijk
• Femmigje Hendriks Kleine (74), Hoogeveen nederland
• Hendrik VAN EEKEREN, Amsterdam

• 1731 » Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman († 1792)
• 1760 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler († 1799)
• 1775 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont († 1863)
• 1778 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop († 1861)
• 1793 » Lucretia Mott, American activist († 1880)
• 1802 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician († 1898)
• 1803 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright († 1857)
• 1806 » Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress († 1854)
• 1810 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer († 1897)
• 1816 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician († 1891)

• 1701 » Louis I, prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
• 1705 » Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1634)
• 1743 » Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
• 1777 » William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751)
• 1779 » Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
• 1785 » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
• 1795 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)
• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)

• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 3, 1773 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: sneeuw betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.