Editing 1773 (section)

=== October–December ===
* [[October 10]]
** [[Daniel Boone]] leads the first attempt by British colonists to establish a settlement in [[Kentucky]], but is turned back in an attack by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], in which his son is killed.
** [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)]]: Second of the [[Russian occupations of Beirut]] begins, following a naval bombardment which began on August 2. The Russians leave Albanian mercenaries as an occupying force.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Arabs under Tsarist Rule: The Russian Occupation of Beirut, 1773–1774|last=du Quenoy|first=Paul|journal=Russian History|year=2014|volume=41|issue=2|pages=128–141|doi=10.1163/18763316-04102002}}</ref>
** [[Paul Revere]] marries Rachel Walker, his second wife.
* [[October 12]] – America's first [[insane asylum]] opens for ''Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds'' in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].
* [[October 13]] – [[French people|French]] [[astronomer]] [[Charles Messier]] discovers the ''[[Whirlpool Galaxy]]'', an [[Interacting galaxy|interacting]], [[grand design spiral galaxy]] located at a distance of approximately 31 million [[light-year]]s, in the [[constellation]] ''[[Canes Venatici]]''.
* [[October 14]] – The [[Komisja Edukacji Narodowej]] ([[Polish language|Polish]] for ''Commission for the Education of the People''), formed in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], is considered to be the world's first ministry of education.
* [[November 10]] – Four ships – the ''Dartmouth'', the ''Eleanor'', the ''Beaver'' and the ''William'' – depart Britain for America, carrying the first Indian tea to be subject to the newly enacted taxes. The ''William'' is lost in a storm; the ''Dartmouth'' is the first ship to reach [[Boston]], docking on [[November 28]].<ref>Keith R. Dawson, ''Caroline Princess of Wales & Other Forgotten People of History'' (Strategic Book Publishing, 2010) p67</ref>
* [[December 16]] – [[Boston Tea Party]]: A group of American [[Thirteen Colonies|colonists]], dressed as Mohawk Indians, steal aboard ships of the [[East India Company]] and dump their cargo of tea into [[Boston Harbor]], in protest against British tax policies.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology327328" />
* [[December 23]] – [[Moscow State Academy of Choreography]] was founded<ref>{{Cite web |title=История |url=https://balletacademy.ru/mgah/about/history/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=balletacademy.ru}}</ref> under the reign of [[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]]. It is the second ballet school in Russia after [[Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet]].