WHAT HAPPENED IN 1773.
Look what happened the 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)

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)

Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar. (17. June 1773)

America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia. (12. October 1773)

The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier. (13. October 1773)

The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. (14. October 1773)

Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland. (14. October 1773)

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. (16. December 1773)