1773 deaths

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

King of Sardinia (1730-1773)

German flutist, flute maker and composer (1697-1773)

Polish poet, dramatist (1700-1773)

German general

Italian architect (1700-1773)

Bulgarian clergyman

Norwegian bishop and botanist (1718-1773)

English naturalist and ornithologist (1694 – 1773)

Mamluk of Egypt (1728-1773)

Slovene beekeeper and artist (1734-1773)

French poet

French scientist (1727-1773)

The fourth and last nominal Safavid king (1750–1773)

Italian sculptor (1700-1773)

68th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Saint John

Spanish priest and historian

10th Peshwa of Maratha Empire

English landowner and art patron (1700–1773)

French royal (1714-1773)

Ruler of Montenegro

French scientist, spy and explorer (1682-1773)

Spanish mathematician and naval officer

Italian architect (1691-1773)

Russian noble (1693-1773)

Swedish physician (1706–1773)

Italian Jesuit and historian (1690-1773)

French artist (1699–1773)

French geographer (1700–1773)

English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer (1710-1773)

British politician

German botanist (1709–1773)

Czech composer and organist

German architect (1695–1773)

American colonial botanist (1694-1773)

Senegalese slave

Third Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis

grandfather of composer Ludwig van Beethoven

Irish nobleman, soldier and politician (1722-1773)

Russian painter and academician who specialised in classical historical subjects and portraits. (1737-1773)

Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Roman Catholic Church

German noble

Italian cardinal

German historian and scientist

Swedish naturalist (1746-1773)

Mentewab (Ge'ez: ምንትዋብ; c. 1706 – 27 June 1773) was Empress of Ethiopia, consort of Emperor Bakaffa, mother (and regent) of Iyasu II and grandmother of Iyoas I. She was also known officially by her baptismal name of Walatta Giyorgis (Ge'ez: ወለተ ጊዮርጊስ). Mentewab was a major political figure during the reigns of her son the Emperor Iyasu and grandson Iyoas. Empress Mentewab was also known by the honorific of Berhan Mogassa (Ge'ez: ብርሃን ሞገሳ). This was to complement the honorific of her son Iyasu II, who was Berhan Seged. thumb|Stamp of Mentewab by Afewerk Tekle

Polish architect

French writer (1726-1773)

German composer (1695-1773)

Polish noble (1735-1773)

English writer (c1715-1773)

Alsatian jeweler and inventor of the rhinestone

English maidservant who claimed to have been kidnapped

English nobleman and landowner (1711-1773)

German geologist (1722-1773)

Swedish officer (1704–1773)

Scottish physician, writer, and moralist (1724-1773)

French architect

historian from the Northern Netherlands, 1709–1773 (1709–1773)

Swiss painter (1706–1773)