Historical Events Aug 8 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC Aug 9 Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 Académie Française Aug 21 King Louis XIV donates 600 books to found the library of L'Académie française The Sun King of France Louis XIV Aug 21 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet Aug 30 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant Events in 1673 Famous Birthdays Aug 8 John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726) Aug 11 Richard Mead, English physician, worked on transmissible diseases, born in London, England (d. 1754) Aug 28 Conrad Michael Schneider, German composer, born in Anspach (d. 1752) [or 26 August] Born in 1673 Famous Deaths Aug 17 Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist, dies of possible suicide at 32 Aug 21 Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral, dies at 51 Aug 21 John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54 Jul 1673 History by Year Sep 1673 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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