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 topic: | |
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 Germans 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, FRench scientist (d. 1757)
- March 1 – Caroline of Ansbach, queen of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)
- September 25 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (d. 1764)
- November 10 – King George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)
- December 19 – King Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
Deaths
- July 30 – Queen Marie-Thérèse, first wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
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