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Juan Ramón Balcarce
1773Mar, 16

Juan Ramón Balcarce

Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1836)
Juan Ramón González de Balcarce (16 March 1773 – 12 November 1836) was an Argentine military leader and politician.

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Events on 1773

  • 10May

    Tea Act

    The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
  • 17Jun

    Juana Rangel de Cuéllar

    Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
  • 14Oct

    Commission of National Education

    The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • 14Oct

    British East India Company

    Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.
  • 16Dec

    Boston Tea Party

    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.