1683

Years: 1680 1681 1682 - 1683 - 1684 1685 1686
Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1683 in literature 1683 in science 1683 state leaders

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum.
June 12 - The Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles III of England is discovered
July 30 - Queen Marie-ThÃÂ©rÃÂ¨se of France dies
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 harrass 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, whose cavalry turns their flank. Considered to be the turning point in the Ottoman Empire's fortunes.