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Good War or Bad Peace

Sep 11 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"

United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
  • Sep 22 Benjamin Franklin publishes a hoax letter "An Edict by the King of Prussia" in the Public Advertiser, criticising Britain's colonial policies in the American colonies
Events in 1773

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 24 Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, German composer, born in Bad Langensalza, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1827)
  • Sep 25 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist, born in Mairago, Italy (d. 1856)
Born in 1773

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 20 Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63
  • Sep 23 Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)


What Happened in 1773

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