Births on April 14

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle

Born on April 14, 1773

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (d. 1854)

Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, 1st Count of Villèle (14 April 1773 – 13 March 1854), better known simply as Joseph de Villèle , was a French statesman. Several times Prime minister, he was a leader of the Ultra-royalist faction during the Bourbon Restoration.

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Events on 1773

10 May

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.
17 Jun

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

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

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.
16 Dec

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.

Births on April 14

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle

Born on April 14, 1773

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Events on 1773

Tea Act

Juana Rangel de Cuéllar

Commission of National Education

British East India Company

Boston Tea Party