1683
Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum. June 12 - The Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II of England is discovered September 7 - Polish-German troops arrive in Vienna to help the besieged November 1 - The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties Thames River is frozen Dragonards organized to harass huguenots in France Wild boars are hunted to extinction in Britain A huge 140,000-man Ottoman force arrives at Vienna in June and starts to besiege the city. The siege is broken in September 12 with the arrival of a force of 30,000 Polish, Austrians and Germanss under Polish-Lithuanian king John III, whose cavalry turns their flank. Considered to be the turning point in the Ottoman Empire's fortunes.
Births February 28 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, scientist (+ 1757).March 1 - Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Consort of King George II of Great BritainSeptember 25 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, composerNovember 10 - King George II of Great Britain.December 19 - King Philip V of Spain
DeathsJuly 30 - Queen Marie-Thérèse, first wife of Louis XIV
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