In the year 1733, the Molasses Act is passed by British House of Commons, reinforcing the negative opinions of the British by American colonists (Mar 21), English replaces Latin and Law French as the official language of English and Scottish courts (Mar 25), the _Danish West India Compan_y buys the island of Saint Croix from France (Jun 15), the first Freemasons lodge opens in (British) America (Jul 30) - and all these fine people were born:
1733-xxxx Maria Magdalena Eek* pastry chef in Turku - Sweden-Finland (1800/c.67)
1733-xxxx Herman Spöring Jr.* botanist/instrument maker/took part in James Cook’s voyage to New Zealand and Australia - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1771/c.38)
1733-0113 Henrik Forsius* priest/local historian - Helsinki, Sweden-Finland (1813/80)
1733-0117 Thomas Linley the elder* singer/musician - Badminton, Gloucestershre, England (1795/62)
1733-0122 Philip Carteret* naval officer/explorer - Trinity Manor, Jersey, England (1796/63)
1733-0124 Benjamin Lincoln* major general during the Revolutionary War/politician - Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, British America (1810/77)
1733-0219 Daniel Solander* botanist (British Museum)/took part in James Cook’s first great voyage - Piteå, Norrbotten, Sweden (1782/49)
1733-0318 Christoph Friedrich Nicolai* writer/ bookseller - Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire (1811/77)
1733-0324 Joseph Priestley* theologian/chemist/educator etc- Birstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1804/70)
1733-0411 Valpuri Simontytär Renko** (b Rasku) mother of Jaakko Jaakonpoika Yli-Renko - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1801/68)
1733-0504 Jean-Charles de Borda* mathematician/ physicist/Navy officer - Dax, France (1799/65)
1733-0518 Olof Schalberg* professor of metaphysics and logics at Turku Academy in Finland - Bollnäs, Sweden (1804/71)
1733-0727 Jeremiah Dixon* astronomer/surveyor (Mason-Dixon Line) - Cockfield, County Durham, England (1779/45)
1733-0905 Christoph Martin Wieland* German poet/writer - Oberholzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (1813/79)
1733-0918 George Read* lawyer/politician/ signer of the Declaration of Independence - Cecil County, Province of Maryland, British America (1798/65)
1733-1015 Lisa Eriksdotter* visionary/preacher - Kalanti, Sweden-Finland (17xx/xx)
1733-1029 Gottfried van Swieten* Austrian librarian/government official/ diplomat - Leiden, Netherlands (1803/69)
1733-1116 Siraj ud-Daulah* the last independent ruler of Bengal of undivided India - Murshidabad, Bengal Subah (1757/c.23)
1733-1120 Philip Schuyler* general in the Revolutionary War/senator - Albany, Province of New York, British America (1804/70)
1733-1128 Abraham Häggman* coppersmith/ industrialist active in Tampere - Kruunupyy, Sweden-Finland (1810/76)
1733-1212 Juho Heikinpoika Sihto** (b Sippola) father of Maria Juhontytär Latva-Luhtasela - Sippola, Kauhava, Sweden–Finland (1814/80)
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