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What Happened In History Year 1673

Historical Events for the Year 1673

  • 17th May » Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
  • 17th June » French people e.g French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
  • 11th November » Second Battle of Khotyn (1673) Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan III Sobieski Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman Empire Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are success

Famous Birthdays in 1673

  • 6th January » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician (d. 1744)
  • 31st January » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (d. 1716)
  • 21st April » Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1742)
  • 18th June » Antoni Lliteres Carrió, Spanish composer (d. 1747)
  • 8th August » John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
  • 11th August » Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)
  • 26th October » Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723)
  • 30th December » Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1736)

Famous Deaths in History for 1673

  • 17th February » Molière, French playwright and actor (b. 1622)
  • 15th March » Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)
  • 20th March » Augustyn Kordecki, Polish religious leader (b. 1603)
  • 5th April » François Caron, Belgian-French politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (b. 1600)
  • 18th June » Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (b. 1606)
  • 17th August » Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
  • 13th October » Christoffer Gabel, German-Danish politician (b. 1617)
  • 17th October » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurers of England (b. 1630)
  • 10th November » Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Ukrainian husband of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (b. 1640)
  • 15th December » Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (b. 1623)
  • 31st December » Oliver St John, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (b. 1598)

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