WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1773
Find out what all happened January to May 1773

The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina. (12. January 1773)

Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. (17. January 1773)

The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade. (10. May 1773)

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, England. (1. January 1773)

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