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unusual facts about 1683


Cussen

Some of the first settlers of this family name or its variants were: John Cosins who settled in Maryland in 1683; Richard Cousin settled in Grenada in 1774; Edward Cousins settled in Maryland in 1774; George Cousins settled in Massachusetts in 1635.


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Anthony Leigh

He was in 1683, however, at that theatre the original Bartoline in John Crowne's City Politics, and played Bessus in a revival of A King and No King.

Archibald Norman McLeod

Born at Kilfinichen, he was the fifth son of Rev. Neil McLeod (1729-1780) M.A., a native of St Kilda, and Margaret MacLean (1737-1789), daughter of Rev. Archibald MacLean (b.1683) M.A., of the MacLeans of Boreray, North Uist.

Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester

He was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Radnorshire (1682–1689), Deputy Lieutenant of Monmouthshire (1683–1687), Wiltshire (1683–1688) and Gloucestershire (1685–1687).

Christ of Europe

A key element in the Polish view as the guardian of Christianity was the 1683 victory at Vienna against the Turks by John Sobieski III.

Claudio Coello

By these paintings he became well known, and was employed by the Archbishop of Saragossa in 1683.

Colin Lauder

The son of Dr George Lauder (1712–1752) a surgeon and fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, by his spouse Rosina Preston (d.1786), Colin Lauder was the great-great-grandson of Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, of Fountainhall and the grandson of Surgeon Dr John Lauder (1683-1737) deacon of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

CommunityAmerica Ballpark

On June 3, 2007 the ballpark was the site of a world record-setting performance of the Deep Purple hit "Smoke on the Water" by 1683 guitarists, in a publicity stunt for KYYS radio (now KZPT).

Danish units of measurement

From May 1, 1683, King Christian V of Denmark introduced an office to oversee weights and measures, a justervæsen, first led by Ole Rømer.

Dodo von Knyphausen

A government office to collect revenues in Brandenburg had been created in the 1650s, but it was not until Knyphausen's leadership in 1683 that this central revenues office achieved direct control over revenues from the various lands of the Brandenburg Hohenzollerns.

Dongning

Kingdom of Tungning, Han Chinese government which ruled Taiwan, between 1661 and 1683

Elizabeth Cresswell

-- original spelling --> (1683) was an anonymous translation of Ferrante Pallavicino's La Retorica della puttane (1642).

Farleigh Hungerford

After the discovery of the Rye House Plot in 1683, the castle was raided by the government and weapons were seized.

Francesco Foggia

His wife Eugenia died on 12 March 1683; Foggia died on 8 January 1688 and was buried in the church of Santa Prassede in Rome.

Graupner

Christoph Graupner, 1683 - 1760, a German harpsichordist and composer

Henri de Boulainvilliers

In 1683 Boulainvilliers wrote " l'Idée d'un Système Géneral de la Nature" based on his reading of Jan Baptist van Helmont and Robert Boyle, followed by "Archidoxes de Paracelsus, avec une préface sur les principes de l'art chimique".

Henry Trelawny

Made a freeman of Portsmouth in 1683 and East Looe in 1685, he was returned to Parliament in the latter year for West Looe as a Tory on the interest of his eldest brother, Bishop Trelawny.

House of Jabłonowski

The family rose to prominence in the 17th century with Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski, a successful military leader in such campaigns as that against the Swedes during The Deluge, Chocim, the 1683 Battle of Vienna and the 1695 battle against the Tatars at Lwów.

Ignaz Waibl

In 1683 he made the Angel Altar in the parish church of Saint George and Saint Nicholas in Oetz in the Tyrol.

Ilok Castle

After the victory against the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the Emperor Leopold I granted the castle, significant properties and the title of the Duke of Syrmia to Livio Odescalchi, nephew of Pope Innocent XI and a member of the powerful Italian aristocratic Odescalchi family, which would own the castle for the next two centuries.

Jacob Bobart the Younger

He was born at Oxford, and succeeded his father as superintendent of the Physic Garden, and on the death of Dr. Robert Morison in 1683, lectured as botanical professor.

Jean Le Vacher

Le Vacher was blown from the muzzle in July 1683, and the French consul Piolle André was blown from the muzzle in 1688 when the Marshal Jean d'Estrées attacked Algiers.

Johann Kusser

Kusser was then employed at the princely courts in Baden-Baden and Ansbach, before in October 1683 taking a trip to Germany.

Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn

On the death of Queen Caroline (1683−1737) the Prime Minister Robert Walpole suggested that Amalie be brought over from Hanover to Britain to take her place as maîtresse en titre to George II.

John Eyles

Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet (c. 1683-1745), MP for Chippenham and City of London

John St Clair

John St Clair, Master of Sinclair (1683–1750), Scottish heir apparent and British MP for Dysart Burghs

Jules-Robert de Cotte

Jules-Robert de Cotte (1683–1767) was a renowned French architect, the son of one of the most highly regarded architect-administrators of his era, Robert de Cotte.

Kingsgate Castle

The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 (‘gate’ referring to a cliff-gap) though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748.

Lainston House

Commissioned by Charles II to build a palace at Winchester, renowned English architect Sir Christopher Wren started work on the site in 1683 by building on the grounds of an earlier mediaeval dwelling.

Livio Odescalchi

Livio later helped Innocent finance the expedition led by John Sobieski that ended the Turkish siege at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

Loco, Switzerland

The church is also the home of a Last Supper painting by the Flemish painter Godefridus Maes from 1683.

Lord Goring

George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich (1585–1683), prominent Royalist in the English Civil War

Michel de Grammont

In May 1683, de Grammont, van Hoorn and de Graaf sacked Vera Cruz in Mexico, taking 4,000 prisoners for ransom.Later Grammont raided Spanish Florida settlements, including St.Augustine and the Mocama mission province, forcing further southward migrations.

Michiel Andrieszoon

In 1683, he was one of the leaders of the raid on Veracruz.

He was with de Graaf when they rendezvoused with the rest of the fleet from Petit-Goâve in February 1683.

Nasova

The village chapel to the east of the village on the road towards Lešane was built in 1928 to house the original free-standing sculptures of the crucifixion, erected in 1683.

Otto Friedrich von der Groeben

They arrived near the village of Accada on 27 December 1682, hoisted the flag of Brandenburg on 1 January 1683 near the modern Princes Town and began to build a fortification, which they called Fort Groß Friedrichsburg.

Paston Letters

Christopher Paston was Sir William's son and heir, and Christopher's grandson, William (d. 1663), was created a baronet in 1642; being succeeded in the title by his son Robert (1631–1683), who was a member of parliament from 1661 to 1673, and was created earl of Yarmouth in 1679.

Paul de Sorbait

During the siege of Vienna by the Turks in 1683 he commanded the company formed of students as chief sergeant-major.

Quintipartite Deed

On July 1, 1676, William Penn, Gawen Lawrie (who served from 1683 to 1686 as Deputy to Governor Robert Barclay), Nicholas Lucas and Edward Byllinge executed a deed with Sir George Carteret known as the “Quintipartite Deed,” in which the territory was divided into two parts, East Jersey being taken by Carteret and West Jersey by Byllinge and his trustees.

Ralph Verney

Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney (1683–1752), English MP for Amersham and for Wendover 1741–1753

Richard Townley

He emigrated to Virginia in the suite of Lord Effingham, Governor of Virginia in 1683.

Saint-Domingue

The rows of freebooting grew bigger; plundering raids, like those of Vera Cruz in 1683 or of Campêche in 1686, became increasingly numerous, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, elder son of Jean Baptist Colbert and at the time Minister of the Navy, brought back some order by taking a great number of measures, including the creation of plantations of indigo and of cane sugar.

Saint-François Xavier des Missions étrangères

The seminary's oratory or chapel was built between 1683 and 1689, with interior decoration by Jacques Stella, Nicolas Poussin and Simon Vouet, and it was this chapel that operated secretly as a parish church for the area during the Revolutionary era when the area's actual parish church of Saint-Sulpice was shut down.

Santa Catalina de Guale

In 1683 the French pirate Michel de Grammont raided Spanish Florida settlements, including St. Augustine and the Mocama mission province, forcing further southward migrations.

Siöblad

Carl Georg Siöblad (1683-1754), Swedish naval officer and Governor of Malmö

Sir John Stapylton, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Stapylton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1683 – 24 October 1733), of Myton in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.

William Wyndham

Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet (c. 1632–1683), of Orchard Wyndham, English politician, Member of Parliament for Somerset, 1656–1658 and for Taunton 1660–1679


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