1673

Year 1673 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - Impostor is  in  prison in  for multiple thefts and returning from.
 * -  sells his part of  to the.
 * - In America, trader and  -  begin exploring the  and the.
 * - First : In a sea battle of the, fought off the Netherlands coast, the Dutch won with the fleet of the (commanded by ) against the allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by.
 * - Second : The Dutch fleet again defeats the Anglo-French fleet.
 * - explorers Father  and  reach the headwaters of the  and descend to.

July - December

 * - French troops conquer.
 * - and  sign a defense treaty.
 * - enters  at, as an undergraduate.
 * - In the American colonies, a Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands the surrender of.
 * - Dutch forces under Admiral recapture  from English (regained by English in following year, ).
 * - Sea battle at Kijkduin: The Dutch United fleet under defeats the English and French fleet.
 * - Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form an anti-French covenant.
 * - Prince Willem III occupies Naarden.
 * - King fires the earl of Shaftesbury.
 * - Near Chocim (also spelled ) in the, Polish and n military units under the command of soon-to-be-king defeat the  army. In this battle, rockets of   were successfully used.
 * - Dutch troops commanded by Prince Willem III and Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer.

Undated

 * begins its expedition against.
 * is knighted.
 * writes his first opera, Cadmus et Hermione.
 * , second oldest botanic garden in England, is founded by the Society of Apothecaries for the study of medicinal and other plants.
 * family's trading and banking house is founded in.
 * is founded.
 * is discovered.
 * Archpriest writes his "Zhitie" (Life) as the first  autobiography.

Births

 * -, French artist (d. )
 * -, Scottish soldier and diplomat (d. )
 * -, Scottish spy (d. )
 * -, English physician (d. )
 * -, Moldavian linguist and scholar (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * Mir Wais Khan Hotaki, Persian Governor of Kandahar (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, French writer and actor (born )
 * -, Italian painter and poet (born )
 * -, Polish prior (born )
 * -, French Canadian settler (born )
 * -, Dutch physician and anatomist (born )
 * -, English soldier (born c.)
 * -, Danish statesman (born )
 * -, English statesman (born )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English writer (born )
 * -, English statesman and judge (born c.)


 * See also .