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1673

Historical Events in 1673

Jan 1 Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston

Mithridate

Jan 13 Jean Racine's play "Mithridate" premieres in Paris

Dramatist Jean Racine

Jan 22 Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
Feb 20 1st recorded wine auction held in London
Feb 21 Michiel de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
Mar 18 Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers

Charles II accepts Test Act

Mar 29 English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholics excluded from public functions

King of England Charles II

May 17 Frenchmen Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit, set out from the Saint-Ignace mission on an expedition to explore the Mississippi river (reach border of Louisiana and Arkansas)
Jun 6 France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty

Treaty of Vossem

Jun 6 Treaty of Vossem: French King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem, Elector of Brandenburg

The Sun King of France Louis XIV

Admiral James Resigns

Jun 12 James II, then Duke of York resigns as Lord High Admiral

King of England, Scotland and Ireland James II

Jun 14 Battle at Schooneveld: Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter beats French and English fleet
Jul 6 French troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War
Jul 11 Netherlands & Denmark sign defense treaty

Halley Enters Queen's College

Jul 24 Edmund Halley enters The Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate

Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist Edmond Halley

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 King Louis XIV donates 600 books to found the library of L'Académie française
Aug 21 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet
Aug 30 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant

William Occupies Naarden

Sep 12 Prince William of Orange occupies Naarden

King of England William III

Nov 9 English King Charles II dismisses the Earl of Shaftesbury from his post as Lord Chancellor
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 William of Orange occupy Bonn

St Paul's Cathedral

Nov 13 Christopher Wren is appointed architect for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral in London by King Charles II [1]

Architect Christopher Wren

King of England Charles II

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