1673 in England

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Events from the year 1673 in England.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch – Charles II

## Events

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* 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.

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

## Births

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* 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)

## Deaths

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* 22 January – Mary Carleton, imposter (born 1642) (hanged)
* 27 April – Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels (born 1595)
* 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)
* William Rainborowe, Leveller (year of birth unknown)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e 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. 6 (3). Cambridge University Press: 163–171\. doi:10.1017/S0307883300005307.
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
6. ^ "Margaret Cavendish". The British Library. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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