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• Coop Goitsens Gooitsma, Oudega (Small.) († 1826)
• Adam Eichelberger Jr, Manheim, York, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1847)
• Cornelis van den Ham, Jutphaas, Netherlands († 1829)
• Delilah Hobbs, North Carolina († 1839)
• Conradus Oijen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba van Gael, Delft, Z.H († 1800)
• Andries Pieters Bouman, Numansdorp († 1857)
• Cornelia Wesel van, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba Gael, Delft († 1800)
• Adriana van Amelsvoort, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1776)

• Cornelia Arentsdr. Sijdenbosch, Wassenaar aangifte
• Bartholomeus Van Der Schuijren (56), Houthem,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Carbonnez (34), Gistel,, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Jantje Pieterdr Kossen (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• François CASEZ (74), Thulin
• Berend (Bernhard) (Bernhardus) Jans (Apol) (51), Groningen
• Jacob Verstraelen (64), Hoogstraten (B.)
• Isabella Jacoba Acquet (27), Merkem
• Jannetje Adriaans Schellekens (Bevelander), Oud-Vossemeer
• Élisabeth Chopin (0), Marainville-sur-Madon, 88286, France

• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)

• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)

• 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)
• 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 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.
• 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 May 17, 1773 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.