WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1683
Find out what all happened May to December 1683

The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties. (1. November 1683)

Manchu Qing Dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. (16. July 1683)

William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. (23. June 1683)

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum. (6. June 1683)

German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America. (6. October 1683)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa. (17. September 1683)

Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna – several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire. (12. September 1683)

The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu. (3. October 1683)