About the day » Thursday December 23, 1773Calender converter

• Antje Pieters Zijlstra, Heeg, Friesland, Nederland († 1830)
• Angélique Joseph BOUTIN, Blangy-sur-Ternoise, 62138, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, FRANCE († 1847)
• Abram Jans van der Sluijs, Zwartewaal († 1773)
• Abram van der Sluijs († 1775)
• Cornelis COENDERS, Lottum, Grubbenvorst, Limburg, Nederland
• Ariaentie Tettero, Delft, Nederland († 1845)
• Adriana Gerritsdr. Tettero, Schipluiden († 1845)
• Ariaantje Tetterode, Schipluiden († 1845)
• Adriana de Haas, Amsterdam († 1807)
• Ambroise Francois Mariage, Violaines, 62138, FRANCE

• Anna Elsabein Rothert (55), Hemke
• Adriana van der Meer, Wateringen
• Aleida Keller (41), Lage (Nedersaksen), Duitsland
• Clara Lensing, Haffen, Duitsland
• Gerrit Labots (62), Gemeente Rozendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gabrielis Pluym PLUIJM, Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bathsheba Bartlett BRADFORD (ADAMS) (70), Kingston, Plymouth, Co Ma
• Engeltje Angelica Yates (21)
• Anna Marie Kunz (65), Bayern, Traunstein, Bayern, Germany
• Claas Willemsz Spruijt (82), Alblasserdam

• 1745 » John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States († 1829)
• 1750 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony († 1827)
• 1758 » Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician († 1834)
• 1766 » Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist († 1852)
• 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
• 1790 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar († 1832)
• 1793 » Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan († 1863)
• 1804 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic († 1869)
• 1805 » Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement († 1844)
• 1807 » Anthony Mary Claret, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary († 1870)

• 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
• 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 » Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)

• 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 December 23, 1773 was about 8.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWeather type: regen donker. Special wheather fenomena: dampig.