1673 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1673?
- March 18, 1673 – John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers.
- May 17, 1673 – Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
- June 17, 1673 – French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
- November 11, 1673 – Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
Who Were Born In The Year 1673?
- January 6, 1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English noble (d. 1744)
- January 31, 1673 – Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716)
- April 21, 1673 – Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742)
- June 18, 1673 – Antonio de Literes, Spanish composer of zarzuelas (d. 1747)
- August 8, 1673 – John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
- August 11, 1673 – Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754)
- October 26, 1673 – Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (d. 1723)
- December 30, 1673 – Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
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