About the day » Wednesday September 29, 1773Calender converter

• Ariaantje Hendriks Swart, Watergang
• Dingenus Harinck, Goes († 1803)
• Dankres Abrahamsz Man in 't Veld, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Garrit Scholten, Gorssel († 1858)
• Catharina Francisca Goossens, Hamme (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1808)
• Cornelis de Gier, Wadenoijen, Netherlands
• Age Simons Baarda, Schettens († 1863)
• Carolus Roelandts, Maldegem
• Anna Runyon, Piscataway, Middlesex Co. New Jersey
• Antonius van Wassenberg(h), Schijndel

• Batje Douwes* (57), Terschelling (Frl.)
• Henricus HERINCKX (38), Sterrebeek (B)
• Elisabeth van Amelonsen, begraven in de Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam
• Antje van Staveren (0), Den Helder
• Antje (Annigje) Groenenveld (63), Wilnis
• Fredericus Cop (56)
• Catharina Margaretha Brochant (83), Parijs
• Cornélius Van Hove (86), Londerzeel
• Augustinus DE WEERDT, Vinkt
• Battje Douwes NN (57), W-Terschelling

• 1718 » Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian soldier and politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1783)
• 1725 » Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire († 1774)
• 1758 » Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral († 1805)
• 1766 » Charlotte, Princess Royal of England († 1828)
• 1786 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Mexico († 1843)
• 1803 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist († 1850)
• 1803 » Mercator Cooper, American captain and explorer († 1872)
• 1808 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician († 1868)
• 1810 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author († 1865)
• 1816 » Paul Féval, père, French author and playwright († 1887)

• 1703 » Charles de Saint-Évremond, French-English soldier, author, and critic (b. 1610)
• 1800 » Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
• 1833 » Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 September 29, 1773 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.