Important Historical Events of the year 1773, Year 1773 in History

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What happened in the year 1773?

Date	Event
January 1, 1773	The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
January 17, 1773	Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
May 10, 1773	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.
June 1, 1773	Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, drowned on his eighth attempt.
June 17, 1773	Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
October 12, 1773	America's first insane asylum opens.
October 14, 1773	The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
December 16, 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.