Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1683
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Literature
Theatre
- Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, Los empeños de
una casa (The Trials of a Noble House)
- Thomas Otway, The Atheist
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Antony Van Leeuweknoek discovers bacteria
- Sir Isaac Newton describes the effect of gravity on tides
Politics & Law
- German settlers arrive in Pennsylvania and form Germantown,
near Philadelphia
- Vienna, Austria falls in the Great Turkish Siege
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Birth of Anne Oldfield, actress
- Death of Whichcote
Miscellaneous
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