- 1673 in England
Events from the year
1673 in theKingdom of England .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Charles II of England Events
*
8 March - Under pressure from Parliament, King Charles II withdraws theRoyal Declaration of Indulgence .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=276]
*29 March - theTest Act is passed preventingRoman Catholics from holding public office.
*12 June -James, Duke of York forced to resign the office ofLord High Admiral because of the Test Act.
*19 June - Thomas Osborne becomesLord High Treasurer .
*14 November - ArchitechtChristopher Wren is knighted.
*23 November - James, duke of York marriesMary of Modena .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 191-192|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]Undated
* First performance in
London of theJohn Dryden play "Marriage A-la-Mode ".Births
*
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 coreographer (died 1760)
* August -Henry FitzJames , illegitimate son of James II (died 1702)
*11 August -Richard Mead , physician (died 1754)
*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)
*Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ,Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 17433)Deaths
*
22 January -Mary Carleton , fraudster (born 1642)
*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)
*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
ee also
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