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What Happened in January 1773

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Historical Events

  • Jan 6 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
  • Jan 12 First public museum established in north American colonies in Charlestown, South Carolina

Cook Crosses Antarctic Circle

Jan 17 Captain James Cook becomes the first to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S)

Explorer James Cook
Events in 1773

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 4 Johann Peter Heuschkel, German oboist and composer, born in Harras, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1853)
  • Jan 5 Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter and drawer, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1839)
  • Jan 9 Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845)
Born in 1773

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 4 Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
  • Jan 21 Alexis Piron, French dramatist (La Métromanie), dies at 83
  • Jan 27 Philippe Buache, French geographer and cartographer (pioneered use of contour lines), dies at 72


What Happened in 1773

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