About the day » Wednesday February 17, 1773Calender converter

• Aaltje Bulsink, Aalten († 1809)
• Aaltjen Bulsink, Lintelo
• Beitske Baukes Bijlstra, Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• Anna Gertrud Brors
• Anna Catharina Aleid Echtermeijer († 1837)
• Andreas Kerckhof, Simpelveld, Nederland
• Annigje Arends Prins, NG Kerk Vollenhove
• Anna Catharina de Laet, Heffen
• Barend DRINKENBURG, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Nederland († 1849)
• Anne Marie Catherine Joseph QUERTON, Clabecq, 1480, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 1834)

• Gerrit Geurts ROSEBOOM (ROOZENBOOM), Bennekom, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus de Laat (11), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Henricks de Koning (68), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Henrick de Koninck (Koning, Koningh, Conincx) (68), Gemeente Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerrit (Geurtsen) Roseboom (44), Bennekom (Ede), Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Cochran, Scotland or Virginia, United States
• Andreas Franciscus van Goethem (66), Sint Niklaas
• Anna Maria Van Schel (72), Londerzeel
• Bernardus Timmermans, Hoogeloon
• Genevieve Cottu (80), Lanoraie, 1654473, Quebec, Canada

• 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
• 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
• 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
• 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
• 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
• 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
• 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)
• 1817 » Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1904)
• 1820 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1821 » Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer († 1861)

• 1673 » Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
• 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
• 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
• 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
• 1768 » Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)

• 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.
• October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The temperature on February 17, 1773 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: mist.