1673 in France

none 1673 Events from the year 1673 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Louis XIVBBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 9 June 2022 Events 17 May – Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette joins Louis Jolliet on his expedition to explore the northern Mississippi River. 7 June – First Battle of Schooneveld: In a sea battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, fought off the Netherlands coast, the Dutch Republic fleet (commanded by Michiel de Ruyter) defeats the allied Anglo-French fleet, commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine. 14 June – The Dutch fleet again defeats the combined Anglo-French fleet in the Second Battle of Schooneveld. 6 July – French troops conquer Maastricht. 21 August – Battle of Texel: The Dutch fleet (under de Ruyter) again defeats the combined Anglo-French fleet. 30 August – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Spain, Netherlands and the Lutherans form an anti-French covenant. France begins its expedition against Ceylon. Arts and literature 10 February – The première of Molière's comédie-ballet The Imaginary Invalid (Le malade imaginaire) takes place in Paris. During the fourth performance, the playwright, playing the title rôle, collapses on stage, dying soon after.https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Imaginary-Invalid The Imaginary Invalid The Encyclopædia Britannica 2019-02-24 27 April? – Jean-Baptiste Lully's first opera, Cadmus et Hermione, is premièred. Births thumb|150px| Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Mursay, marquise de Caylus Marquise de Caylus, noblewoman (died 1729)Caylus, Marthe Marguerite de Villette Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon 4 1916 2 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen da https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/4/0716.html 2015-09-05 Deaths 17 February – Molière, playwright and actor (born 1622) 10 March – Henriette de Coligny de La Suze, writer (born 1618) 18 June – Jeanne Mance, nurse (born 1606) 29 November – Armand de Gramont, Comte de Guiche, nobleman (born 1637) 6 December – Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan, cartographer (born c.1600) See also France History Lists References 1673 Category:1670s in France France