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Events
The
English
Test Act
was passed. It disallowed
Catholics
from holding high public office.
France
begins its expedition against
Ceylon
.
March 18
-
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
sells his part of
New Jersey
to the
Quakers
.
May 17
- Trader
Louis Joliet
and
Jesuit
missionary-explorer
Jacques Marquette
begin exploring the
Mississippi River
and the
Great Lakes
.
Christopher Wren
knighted.
French
explorers Father
Jacques Marquette
and
Louis Joliet
reach the headwaters of
Mississippi River
and descend to
Arkansas
The
Kabuki
actor
Sannjuro Ichikawa
, aged 13, invents the Aragato style, which features the Superman war-god.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
writes his first opera,
Cadmus et Hermione
The Dutch retake
New York
William of Orange
saves
Amsterdam
and the province of Holland from the French by opening the
Sluice
gates and flooding the country.
Mitsui
family's trading and banking house is founded in
Japan
.
University of Innsbruck
founded
Stalactic grotto of Antiparos
(
Aegean Sea
) discovered.
Archpriest
Petrovich Avvakum
writes his "Zhitie" (Life) as the first
Russian
autobiography.
On November 11, 1673, near Chocim (also spelled
Khotinin
the
Ukraine
, Lithuanian and Polish military units defeated the Turkish army. In this battle rockets of
Kazimieras Simonavičius
were successfully used.
Births
April 27
-
Claude Gillot
, artist
July 20
-
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
Deaths
February 17
-
Molire
,
French
theatre
writer
,
director
and
actor
, master of
satire
March 15
-
Salvator Rosa
, painter
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