1673 in England

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Events from the year 1673 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Charles II

Events

• 22 January - Impostor Mary Carleton is hanged in Newgate Prison in London for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation.
• 8 March - Under pressure from Parliament, King Charles II withdraws the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.^[1]
• 29 March - The Test Act is passed, preventing Roman Catholics from holding public office.^[1]
• 28 May (7 June New Style) - Third Anglo-Dutch War: First Battle of Schooneveld: The Dutch Republic fleet commanded by Michiel de Ruyter defeats the allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
• 4 June (14 June New Style) - Second Battle of Schooneveld: The Dutch fleet again defeats the Anglo-French.
• 12 June - James, Duke of York, is forced to resign the office of Lord High Admiral because of the Test Act.^[1]
• 19 June - Thomas Osborne becomes Lord High Treasurer.^[1]
• 3 July - Elkanah Settle's play The Empress of Morocco first publicly performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London by the Duke's Company and published with illustrations.^[2]
• 30 July (9 August New Style) - Third Anglo-Dutch War: A Dutch fleet retakes New York, renaming it New Orange.
• 11 August (21 August New Style) - Battle of Texel (Kijkduin): The Dutch fleet again defeats the Anglo-French.
• 9 November - The King removes Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, from his position as Lord Chancellor.
• 14 November - Architect Christopher Wren is knighted.^[1]
• 23 November - James, Duke of York, marries Mary of Modena;^[3] they meet for the first time at the ceremony.

Undated

• Chelsea Physic Garden established as the Apothecaries’ Garden in London.^[4][5]

Births

• 6 January - James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, Member of Parliament (died 1744)
• 3 February - Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, (died 1726)
• 21 July - John Weaver, dancer and choreographer (died 1760)
• August - Henry FitzJames, illegitimate son of James II (died 1702)
• 11 August - Richard Mead, physician (died 1754)
• Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1755)
• John Oldmixon, historian (died 1742)
• James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, statesman and soldier (died 1721)
• Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1743)

Deaths

• 22 January - Mary Carleton, imposter (born 1642) (hanged)
• 20 May - Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (born 1616)
• 12 July - Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (born c. 1596)
• 13 July - Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet, politician (born c. 1600)
• 21 August - Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, soldier (born c. 1599)
• 10 October - Thomas Bradley, priest (born 1597)
• 17 October - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, statesman (born 1630)
• 15 December - Margaret Cavendish, writer (born 1623)
• 31 December - Oliver St John, statesman and judge (born c. 1598)
• Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels (born 1595)
• William Rainborowe, Leveller (year of birth unknown)

References

1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 276. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
2. Visser, Colin (1981). "French Opera and the Making of the Dorset Garden Theatre". Theatre Research International. Cambridge University Press. 6: 163–171.
3. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
4. Minter, Sue (2000). The Apothecaries' Garden: a new history of the Chelsea Physic Garden. Stroud: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-2449-7.
5. Chelsea Physic Garden

See also