List of events
Events from the year 1673 in England .
Incumbents [ edit ]
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) – Third Anglo-Dutch War: 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, making his Catholicism public.[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 in the American colonies, renaming it New Orange .
11 August (21 August New Style) – Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Texel (Kijkduin) – The Dutch fleet again defeats the Anglo-French, preventing England's Blackheath Army from landing in Zeeland .
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 – the widowed James, Duke of York , the King's brother and heir, marries Mary of Modena ;[3] they meet for the first time immediately before the ceremony in Dover .
Undated [ edit ]
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)
16 October – Lady Mary Tudor , illegitimate daughter of Charles II , child actress (died 1726)
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)
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)[6]
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 [ edit ]
^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 276 . ISBN 0-304-35730-8 .
^ Visser, Colin (1981). "French Opera and the Making of the Dorset Garden Theatre". Theatre Research International . 6 (3). Cambridge University Press: 163–171. doi :10.1017/S0307883300005307 .
^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History . London: Century Ltd. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2 .
^ Minter, Sue (2000). The Apothecaries' Garden: a new history of the Chelsea Physic Garden . Stroud: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-2449-7 .
^ Chelsea Physic Garden
^ "Margaret Cavendish" . The British Library . Retrieved 26 March 2019 .