Notable Historical Events - 1673
1673 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston |
Jan 13 |
Jean Racine's "Mithridate," premieres in Paris |
Jan 22 |
Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated |
Feb 20 |
1st recorded wine auction held (London) |
Feb 21 |
Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet |
Mar 18 |
Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers |
Mar 29 |
English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholics excluded from public functions |
May 17 |
Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi |
Jun 6 |
France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty |
Jun 12 |
Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral |
Jun 14 |
Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet |
Jun 16 |
Peace of Vossem: French King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg |
Jul 6 |
French troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War |
Jul 11 |
Netherlands & Denmark sign defense treaty |
Jul 24 |
Edmund Halley enters The Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate |
Aug 8 |
Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC |
Aug 9 |
Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 |
Aug 21 |
Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet |
Aug 30 |
Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant |
Sep 12 |
Prince Willem III occupies Naarden |
Nov 9 |
British king Charles II dismisses Earl of Shaftesbury |
Nov 11 |
Second Battle of Khotyn in the Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski. defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used. |
Nov 12 |
Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn |
Nov 13 |
Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn |
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