About the day » Sunday May 23, 1773Calender converter

• Aaltje SIJBERING, Dalerveen (Dalen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1832)
• Abelje Doodjes, Den Ham, Aduard
• Adrianus van de Roovaart, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Aaltjen Roelofs, Blokzijl
• Agathe DEMANGE, La Bresse, 88250, Vosges, Lorraine, FRANCE († 1810)
• Aaltje Sibering (of Sibrink), Dalen († 1832)
• Aaltje Gerritsen van den Brandhof, Amerongen († 1809)
• Aaltje Sibering (Sibrink), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1832)
• Aaltje Sijbering, Dalerveen, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1832)
• Aaltie Michielsen, Axel

• Françoise RICHARD (58), Derbamont
• Catharina Maria van HOOGSTRATEN (50), Dordrecht
• Rosa Clara BLONDEEL, Leffinge, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Jacob Hendriks Buis (63), Bennekom
• Aalbert Oortgijzen (0), Zelhem (Bronckhorst)
• Joannes Oerlemans (2), Essen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
• dirk ponse VISSER (61), werkendam
• Cornelius van den Brand (35), Oud-Nieuw Gastel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van Hoogstraten (50), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hillechien HINDRIKS (17), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1730 » Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general († 1813)
• 1734 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer († 1815)
• 1741 » Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer († 1801)
• 1789 » Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general († 1862)
• 1790 » James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor († 1852)
• 1790 » Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer († 1842)
• 1794 » Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer († 1870)
• 1795 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall († 1860)
• 1800 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1877)
• 1810 » Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic († 1850)

• 1691 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)
• 1701 » William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
• 1749 » Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700)
• 1752 » William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)
• 1754 » John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704)
• 1783 » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772)
• 1815 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Pieter
4. Hendrik
5. Joannes
6. Johannes
7. Willem
8. Gerrit
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Jean
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Joanna
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Aaltje
13. Antje
14. Adriana
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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.
• 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 23, 1773 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.