Page 2: Historical Events In 1683

Sep 25   In the year 1683 jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized)   

Oct 03   In the year 1683 the Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.   

Oct 06   13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia on this day in history.   

Oct 06   13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown Pa (Phila) in the year 1683.   

Oct 08   On this day in history philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76   

Oct 28   On this day in history harvard College is founded in Massachusetts.   

Oct 30   George II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60) on this day in history.   

Nov 01   The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties in the year 1683.   

Nov 10   George II [August], king of England (1727-60) on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia in the year 1683.   

Nov 21   On this day in history johann Michael Muller, composer   

Nov 22   Purcells "Welcome to All the Pleasures," premieres in London in the year 1683.   

Dec 19   Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) in the year 1683.   

Dec 25   English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland in the year 1683.   

Dec 25   Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed in the year 1683.   

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Jan 06   Francois de La Croix, composer was born in the year 1683.   

Jan 10   In the year 1683 birth of gasparo Visconti, composer   

Jan 13   Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of gerard van Loon, Dutch historian   

Feb 19   On this day in history birth of philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

Feb 28   René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757) was born in the year 1683.   

Mar 01   Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737) was born in the year 1683.   

Mar 11   In the year 1683 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

Jan 15   In the year 1683 death of philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)   

Jan 21   Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 in the year 1683.   

Feb 18   Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 in the year 1683.   

Mar 19   Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (b. 1612) died in the year 1683.   

Mar 29   On this day in history death of yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667)   

May 02   In the year 1683 death of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)   

Jul 10   In the year 1683 death of françois-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)   

Jul 13   Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631) died in the year 1683.