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Calendar year
June 17 : French explorers Marquette and Joliet become the first Europeans to travel on the
Mississippi River .
June 7 : First
Battle of Schooneveld .
1673 (
MDCLXXIII ) was a
common year starting on Sunday of the
Gregorian calendar and a
common year starting on Wednesday of the
Julian calendar , the 1673rd year of the
Common Era (CE) and
Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 673rd year of the
2nd millennium , the 73rd year of the
17th century , and the 4th year of the
1670s decade. As of the start of 1673, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
Events
January–March
January 22 – Impostor
Mary Carleton is
hanged at
Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from
penal transportation .
February 10 –
Molière 's
comédie-ballet
The Imaginary Invalid premiers in Paris. During the fourth performance, on
February 17 , the playwright, playing the title rôle, collapses on stage, dying soon after.
March 29 –
Test Act :
Roman Catholics and others who refuse to receive the
sacrament of the
Church of England cannot vote, hold public office, preach, teach, attend the universities or assemble for meetings in
England . On
June 12 , the king's Catholic brother,
James, Duke of York , is forced to resign the office of Lord High Admiral because of the Act.
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April–June
July–September
Kintai Bridge officially complete in Japan on October 3
October–December
October 3 –
Kintai Bridge is officially completed in
Iwakuni ,
Suō Province (modern-day
Yamaguchi Prefecture ), Japan.
[3]
November 9 – King
Charles II of England removes
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , from his position as Lord Chancellor.
November 11 –
Battle of Khotyn :
Polish and
Lithuanian military units, under the command of soon-to-be-king
Jan Sobieski , defeat the
Turkish army. In this battle, which takes place one day after the death of Poland and Lithuania's monarch,
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki , the rockets invented by
Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
November 13 – Dutch troops commanded by
Raimondo Montecuccoli and
William, Prince of Orange conquer
Bonn .
November 14 –
Christopher Wren is knighted in England.
November 23 –
James, Duke of York , marries
Mary of Modena ;
[4] they meet for the first time immediately before the ceremony in
Dover .
December 8 –
Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal dies only five days after arriving in Mexico City to take office as the new
viceroy of New Spain . He is replaced on December 13 by
Payo Enríquez de Rivera , the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mexico.
December 19 – King
Louis XIV of France issues a decree recognizing the legitimacy of (and giving royal titles to) the three children whom he had sired through his mistress, the
Marquise de Montespan :
Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine ;
Louis César, Count of Vexin ; and
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Princess of Condé .
December 28 – In China, General
Wu Sangui begins the
Revolt of the Three Feudatories , a rebellion against the
Ming dynasty by killing the Governor of the
Yunnan province, Zhu Guozhi. Within 10 days, he leads troops on an expedition to take over the neighboring
Guizhou province and by 1676 controls 11 of China's provinces.
Date unknown
Births
Louis de Montfort
January 31 –
St. Louis Maria Grignion de Montfort , French missionary priest (d.
1716 )
April 27 –
Claude Gillot , French artist (d.
1722 )
July 20 –
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair , Scottish soldier and diplomat (d.
1747 )
August 8 –
John Ker , Scottish informer (d.
1726 )
August 10 –
Johann Konrad Dippel , German alchemist (d.
1734 )
August 11 –
Richard Mead , English physician (d.
1754 )
August 18 –
Louise Élisabeth de Joybert , politically active Canadian governors' wife (d.
1740 )
October 26 –
Dimitrie Cantemir , Moldavian linguist and scholar (d.
1723 )
December 30 –
Ahmed III ,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1736 )
Deaths
Molière
Margaret Cavendish
January 11 –
Bartholomew Mastrius , Italian theologian (b.
1602 )
January 22 –
Mary Carleton , Englishwoman who used false identities (b.
1642 )
January 26 –
Jérôme Lalemant , French Jesuit priest and missionary to Canada (b.
1593 )
February 2 –
Kaspar Förster , German singer and composer (b.
1616 )
February 12 , –
Johann Philipp von Schönborn , Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1647– (b.
1605 )
February 17 –
Molière , French writer and actor (b.
1622 )
February 22 –
Anna Magdalene of Hanau , German countess (b.
1600 )
March 6 –
Isaack Luttichuys , Dutch Golden Age painter (b.
1616 )
March 12 –
Margaret Theresa of Spain (b.
1651 )
March 15 –
Salvator Rosa , Italian painter and poet (b.
1615 )
March 20
April 21 –
Ignace-Gaston Pardies , French physicist (b.
1636 )
May 14 –
Sir Gerrard Napier, 1st Baronet , English politician (b.
1606 )
May 6 –
Werner Rolfinck , German physician, chemist, botanist, philosopher (b.
1599 )
May 9 –
Jacques Vallée, Sieur Des Barreaux , French poet (b.
1599 )
May 27 –
Henry Hungerford , English politician (b.
1611 )
May 30 –
Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Baronet , English politician (b.
1616 )
June 6 –
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons , Italian noble (b.
1635 )
June 18 –
Jeanne Mance , French Canadian settler (b.
1606 )
June 28 –
Johan Schatter , Dutch member of the
Haarlem schutterij (b.
1594 )
June 25 –
Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan , French soldier (b.
1611 )
July 4 –
Robert Moray , English Freemason (b.
1608 or
1609 )
July 15 –
Helena Fourment , Dutch model, second wife of Peter Paul Rubens (b.
1614 )
August 17 –
Regnier de Graaf , Dutch physician and anatomist (b.
1641 )
August 21
August 25 –
Bartram de Fouchier , Dutch painter (b.
1609 )
September 6 –
Jan Thomas van Ieperen , Flemish engraver and painter (b.
1617 )
September 21 –
Lorenzo Imperiali , Italian cardinal (b.
1612 )
October 5 –
Francesco Grue , Italian artist (b.
1618 )
October 13 –
Christoffer Gabel , Danish statesman (b.
1617 )
October 17 –
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh , English statesman (b.
1630 )
November 6 –
Robert Harley , English politician (b.
1626 )
November 10 –
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki , King of Poland (b.
1640 )
November 17 –
Thomas Wendy , English politician (b.
1614 )
November 29 –
Armand de Gramont, Comte de Guiche , French nobleman (b.
1637 )
December 15 –
Margaret Cavendish , English writer (b.
1623 )
December 21 –
Joan Blaeu , Dutch cartographer (b.
1596 )
December 29 –
Manuel da Câmara III , Portuguese noble (b.
1630 )
December 31 –
Oliver St John , English statesman and judge (b. c.
1598 )
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