About the day » Saturday December 11, 1773Calender converter

• Dina Gerarda Waterreus, Scheveningen, 2583, Nederland († 1814)
• Annigje~Johannes Rudolphi, De Jutryp
• Antoine BUENERD, Commelle,ISÈRE,Rhône-Alpes,France
• Antje Broersma, IJlst († 1828)
• Arij de MEIJER, Dordrecht († 1812)
• Anna Vlierkamp, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1776)
• Anne~Jans Holtrop, Rotsterhaule († 1834)
• Anne Jans Holtrop, Rotsterhaule, Friesland, Nederland († 1834)
• Abel Cornelisz Snor († 1848)
• Abraham Lookwaart

• Humphrey Trafford van Croston (75)
• John Leete (1761), Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England
• Grietje Krijnsdr. van Knapen (0), Maassluis
• Laurentius van ELSWIJCK (16), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Jonathan Jewett (88), Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Dirk Boender, Goudswaard
• Eva Weijden, Buchten
• Hendrik de Vlaming, 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Aert Bastiaensz. Maaskant (63), Numansdorp
• Hittie Yntes Buma, Nijhuizum, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1712 » Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic († 1764)
• 1725 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician († 1792)
• 1758 » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator († 1832)
• 1761 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist († 1835)
• 1781 » David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1868)
• 1801 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright († 1836)
• 1803 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic († 1869)
• 1810 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist († 1857)
• 1830 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii († 1872)
• 1837 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer († 1887)

• 1686 » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)
• 1694 » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
• 1737 » John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)
• 1747 » Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)
• 1797 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)

• 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 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.
• 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 December 11, 1773 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.