What Happened In 1673 - Historical Events 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

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)

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)