Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: the Boston Tea Party or the birth of Mozart?
The birth of Mozart came first, in 1756. The Boston Tea Party followed 17 years later, in 1773.
- Second1773
The Boston Tea Party
event · happenedProtesters dumped about 340 chests of East India Company tea into Boston Harbor in December 1773.
- First1756
The birth of Mozart
person · bornMozart was born in 1756 and was writing music by the age of five.
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