Historical figures in 1773

The atlas holds 10 people and 21 moments here, in 1773. The most recorded lives are Phillis Wheatley, James Cook and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Among them Educators, Writers and Philosophers.

Notable people

1. Adam Smith

   in 1773

   1 moment here

   Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…

2. Alexander Hamilton

   in 1773

   1 moment here

   American statesman, lawyer, revolutionary officer, constitutional convention delegate, and first U.S. secretary of the treasury.…

3. Francisco Goya

   in 1773

   1 moment here

   Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born at Fuendetodos, Aragon, and died at Bordeaux, France.…

4. Friedrich Schiller

   in 1773

   1 moment here

   Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher, historian, and a central figure of Weimar Classicism.…

5. James Cook

   in 1773

   4 moments here

   British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…

6. James Watt

   in 1773

   1 moment here

   Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist whose separate-condenser improvement to the steam engine was foundational to industrialization.…

7. Joséphine de Beauharnais

   in 1773

   1 moment here

   Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…

8. Phillis Wheatley

   in 1773

   7 moments here

   Phillis Wheatley Peters was a poet born in West Africa, enslaved in Boston as a child, and the author of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and…

9. William Henry Harrison

   in 1773

   1 moment here

   William Henry Harrison was an American army officer, territorial governor, diplomat, Whig politician, and the ninth president of the United States.…

10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    in 1773

    3 moments here

    Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…

Moments

1. 1773 King's College student Alexander Hamilton
2. 1773 Entry into the Karlsschule Friedrich Schiller
3. 1773 Crosses Antarctic Circle James Cook
4. 1773 Education at the Dames-de-la-Providence convent Joséphine de Beauharnais
5. 1773 London publishing journey Phillis Wheatley
6. 1773 Visit to Greenwich Phillis Wheatley
7. 1773 Visit to the British Museum Phillis Wheatley
8. 1773 Visit to the Tower of London Phillis Wheatley
9. 1773 Visit to Westminster Abbey Phillis Wheatley
10. 1773 Moves to the Tanzmeisterhaus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
11. 1773 Birth at Berkeley Plantation William Henry Harrison
12. 1773 Enters Dusky Bay James Cook
13. 1773 Returns to Salzburg and court employment Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. 1773 London research and writing Adam Smith
15. 1773 Anchors at Ship Cove on second voyage James Cook
16. 1773 Marriage to Josefa Bayeu Francisco Goya
17. 1773 Meeting with Benjamin Franklin Phillis Wheatley
18. 1773 Employment journey to Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
19. 1773 Surveying work in the Scottish Highlands James Watt
20. 1773 Anchors at Tongatapu James Cook
21. 1773 Return to Boston after London journey Phillis Wheatley

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