1773

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1740s  1750s  1760s  – 1770s –  1780s  1790s  1800s
Years:	1770 1771 1772 – 1773 – 1774 1775 1776

1773 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1773 MDCCLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	2526
Armenian calendar	1222 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԲ
Assyrian calendar	6523
Balinese saka calendar	1694–1695
Bengali calendar	1180
Berber calendar	2723
British Regnal year	13 Geo. 3 – 14 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2317
Burmese calendar	1135
Byzantine calendar	7281–7282
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4469 or 4409     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4470 or 4410
Coptic calendar	1489–1490
Discordian calendar	2939
Ethiopian calendar	1765–1766
Hebrew calendar	5533–5534
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1829–1830
- Shaka Samvat	1694–1695
- Kali Yuga	4873–4874
Holocene calendar	11773
Igbo calendar	773–774
Iranian calendar	1151–1152
Islamic calendar	1186–1187
Japanese calendar	An'ei 2 (安永２年)
Javanese calendar	1698–1699
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4106
Minguo calendar	139 before ROC 民前139年
Nanakshahi calendar	305
Thai solar calendar	2315–2316
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1899 or 1518 or 746     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1900 or 1519 or 747

1773 (MDCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1773rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 773rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1773, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• December 16 – At the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty throw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This will help start the American Revolutionary War.

Births

• February 9 – William Henry Harrison