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• Anna Labarta Penning, Hoevelaken
• Bernardus Joannes Slag, Rijssen († 1844)
• Cornelis Ronsieres, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Slooten, Amerfoort († 1844)
• Catharina Elisabeth Knooren, Bingelrade
• Arnoldus Strijbosch, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1827)
• Carel Adam van Bylandt, 's Gravenhage († 1857)
• Cornelia (Rasenbergh) Rasenberg, Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1775)
• Benedictus Meersman, Temse
• Arie Cozijn, Herwijnen (Nederland) († 1847)

• Anna Maria Rotteveel (0), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Coenraad van der STELT (55), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Hendrik Hendriks de Jongevos (71), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hendrik Hendriks Schonewille (Jonge Vos) (71), Hoogeveen
• Jacoba van den Boogaard (4), Poortvliet
• Hendrijn Clouten (69), Beek, Montferland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hendrik Hendriks Jonge Vos (71), Hoogeveen
• Adriana François (61), Moortsele
• Dirk Hagens Hoogendoorn (67), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Hendriks de Jonge Vos (71), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1729 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor and botanist († 1798)
• 1749 » Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller († 1816)
• 1761 » Antoine Barnave, French politician and orator († 1793).
• 1778 » Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician († 1848)
• 1781 » Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France († 1789).
• 1783 » Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist († 1840).
• 1809 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Texas Attorney General († 1889)
• 1811 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1886)
• 1818 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author († 1894)
• 1821 » Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman († 1900)

• 1708 » Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1636)
• 1751 » William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
• 1755 » Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and jurist (b. 1694)
• 1761 » Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1702)
• 1792 » Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)

• 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.
• January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
• 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.
• 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 October 22, 1773 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.