List of 1683 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1683
Date | Event |
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May 24, 1683 | The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum. |
June 23, 1683 | William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. |
July 16, 1683 | Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. |
September 11, 1683 | Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces. |
September 12, 1683 | Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire. |
September 17, 1683 | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules", later known as protozoa. |
October 3, 1683 | Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu. |
October 6, 1683 | Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. |
November 1, 1683 | The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties. |