January 27 –Gove's Rebellion breaks out in theProvince of New Hampshire in North America as a revolt against the Royal Governor,Edward Cranfield. Most of the participants, and their leader Edward Gove, are arrested. Gove is convicted of treason but pardoned three years later.
March 17 – In a battle atKalyan (nearBombay) between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire in India, Maratha GeneralHambirrao Mohite defeats the local Mughal official, Ranamast Khan.
July 21 – The gruesome execution ofLord Russell, for his role in the 1683Rye House Plot to assassinate KingCharles II of England, is carried out by the royal executionerJack Ketch, who wields his axe in a manner requiring multiple blows to make Russell suffer as much as possible during the beheading.[3]
August 4 –Turhan, in the powerful role of theValide sultan of theOttoman Empire since 1648 as the mother of SultanMehmed IV, dies at the age of 56, bringing an end to the era in Ottoman history known as the "Sultanate of Women". Upon the overthrow of Mehmed IV four years later, the role of the mother of the Ottoman Sultan is less powerful.
August 25 – TheEarl of Limerick, Irishman Thomas Dongan, takes office as the new British Colonial Governor of theProvince of New York and makes major reforms to restore public order and rescue the province from bankruptcy.
Battle of Vienna: The Ottoman siege of the city is broken with the arrival of a force of 70,000Poles,Austrians andGermans under Polish–Lithuanian kingJan III Sobieski, whosecavalry turns their flank. The victory marks a turning point in theOttoman Empire's fortunes and the end of the Turkish attempt to expand its control into Western Europe.[4]
George Ducas, the Prince of Moldavia installed by the Ottomans in 1678, is arrested by Polish authorities while on his way back toBucharest from the defeat by Poland in the Battle of Vienna. Ducas is replaced byȘtefan Petriceicu.
December 27 –Richard Keigwin leads a rebellion against theEast India Company to take over as Governor of Bombay and most of the British territory in India, driving out GovernorSir John Child and arresting the Deputy Governor,Charles Ward. Keigwin surrenders the office less than a year later.
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^abEverett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1683".The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
^Juré Fiorillo,Great Bastards of History: True and Riveting Accounts of the Most Famous Illegitimate Children Who Went on to Achieve Greatness (Fair Winds Press, 2010) p. 82
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