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June 17 : French explorers Marquette and Joliet become the first Europeans to travel on theMississippi River .June 7 :FirstBattle of Schooneveld .1673 (MDCLXXIII ) was acommon year starting on Sunday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Wednesday of theJulian calendar , the 1673rd year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 73rd year of the17th century , and the 4th year of the1670s 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
January 22 – ImpersonatorMary Carleton ishanged atNewgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning frompenal transportation .February 10 –Molière 'scomédie-ballet The Imaginary Invalid 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 thesacrament of theChurch of England cannot vote, hold public office, preach, teach, attend the universities or assemble for meetings inEngland . OnJune 12 , the king's Catholic brother,James, Duke of York , is forced to resign the office of Lord High Admiral because of the Act.[ 1] Kintai Bridge officially complete in Japan on October 3October 3 –Kintai Bridge is officially completed inIwakuni ,Suō Province (modern-dayYamaguchi Prefecture ), Japan.[ 3] November 9 – KingCharles II of England removesAnthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , from his position as Lord Chancellor.November 11 –Battle of Khotyn :Polish andLithuanian military units, under the command of soon-to-be-kingJan Sobieski , defeat theTurkish army. In this battle, which takes place one day after the death of Poland and Lithuania's monarch,Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki , the rockets invented byKazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.November 13 – Dutch troops commanded byRaimondo Montecuccoli andWilliam, Prince of Orange conquerBonn .November 14 –Christopher Wren is knighted in England.November 23 –James, Duke of York , marriesMary of Modena ;[ 4] Dover .December 8 –Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal dies only five days after arriving in Mexico City to take office as the newviceroy of New Spain . He is replaced on December 13 byPayo Enríquez de Rivera , the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mexico.December 19 – KingLouis 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, theMarquise de Montespan :Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine ;Louis César, Count of Vexin ; andLouise Françoise de Bourbon, Princess of Condé .December 28 – In China, GeneralWu Sangui begins theRevolt of the Three Feudatories , a rebellion against theQing dynasty by killing the Governor of theYunnan province, Zhu Guozhi. Within 10 days, he leads troops on an expedition to take over the neighboringGuizhou province and by 1676 controls 11 of China's provinces.
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 )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 theHaarlem schutterij (b.1594 )June 25 –Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan , French soldier (b.1611 )July 4 –Robert Moray , English Freemason (b.1608 or1609 )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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