About the day » Tuesday May 11, 1773Calender converter

• Arnoldus Brugman, Ooij, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1823)
• Eijmert Reuvers, Maasdriel († 1818)
• Anna Theresia Janssens, Tielt OLV, Tielt-Winge, V-Br, BE († 1850)
• Arian van Diermen, Amersfoort
• Adrianus Boelaart, Den Haag
• Bertha Heijmen, Leuth, Gelderland, Nederland († 1849)
• Bartholomeus - Barthelemi Gangulphe Cuvelier - Cuviljer, Overrepen († 1807)
• Adriaan (Arian)(Ariean)(Arie) van Diermen, Amersfoort († 1843)
• Catharina Beekman, Amsterdam
• Catharina Van Acker, Zaffelare († 1829)

• Cornelia Mommers (71), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hannah Lee (78), Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Catherina Eisenmann (71), Herbitzheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Gijsbertus Segers Vromans (62), Hapert
• Cornelia Mommers, Tilburg
• Hermina Ve(e)nderbosch, Aalten
• Grietje Janse van Maastrigt (53)
• Hermina Ve(e)nderbosch, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gijsbertus Vromans (62), Hapert
• Anna Everts (53), Amsterdam

• 1715 » Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist († 1739)
• 1752 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist († 1840)
• 1797 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician († 1867)
• 1811 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician († 1893)
• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)

• 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
• 1778 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
• 1779 » John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)

• 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 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 May 11, 1773 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: betrokken donker.