Editing 1773 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The hymn that becomes known as ''[[Amazing Grace]]'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate [[John Newton]] in the town of [[Olney, Buckinghamshire]], England.
* [[January 12]] &ndash; The first museum in the American colonies is established in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]; in 1915, it is formally incorporated as the [[Charleston Museum]].<ref name="Carruth1773">{{cite book|editor=Carruth, Gordon|title=The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam0000carr|url-access=registration|edition=3rd|publisher=Thomas Y. Crowell|year=1962|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam0000carr/page/79 79-81]}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Second voyage of James Cook]]: [[James Cook|Captain Cook]] in [[HMS Resolution (1771)]] becomes the first European explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] &ndash; The first opera performance in the [[Swedish language]], ''Thetis and Phelée'', performed by [[Carl Stenborg]] and [[Elisabeth Olin]] in [[Bollhuset]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], marks the establishment of the [[Royal Swedish Opera]].
* [[February 8]] &ndash; The Grand Council of Poland meets in Warsaw, summoned by a circular letter from King [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]] to respond to the Kingdom's threatened partition between three foreign powers.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1773|editor=Burke, Edmund|editor-link=Edmund Burke|publisher=J. Dodsley|year=1774|page=25}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] &ndash; The construction of [[Christ Church (Alexandria, Virginia)]], known for being the house of worship for [[George Washington]] and the visiting site for subsequent U.S. presidents, is completed.<ref name="Carruth1773"/>
* [[March 9]]&ndash;[[March 19|19]] &ndash; [[Second voyage of James Cook]]: [[Tobias Furneaux]] in {{HMS|Adventure|1771}} explores the coast of [[Van Diemen's Land]].<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Cook|title=The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World |volume=III: Being the First of the Second Voyage|publisher=Longman, Hurst and Rees|location=London|year=1821|pages=122–128}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; The popular (and enduring) comedy ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', by Irish playwright [[Oliver Goldsmith]], is performed for the first time, premiering at London's [[Covent Garden Theatre]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Brian|last=Corman|title=The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy|publisher=Broadview Press|year=2013|page=359}}</ref>