What Happened in January 1683

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 6 François de Lacroix, French priest, composer, maitre de musique (Paris Sainte-Chapelle, 1726-45), born in Senlis, France (d. 1759)
  • Jan 10 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist, born in Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire (d. ~1713)
  • Jan 13 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1760)
  • Jan 17 Gerard van Loon, Dutch numismatist (d. 1758)

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 15 Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
  • Jan 21 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman who tried to bar Catholic James II from throne (Lord Chancellor 1672-73), dies at 61