Editing 1673 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 27]] &ndash; ''[[Cadmus et Hermione]]'', the first opera written by [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], premières at the [[Paris Opera]] in France. <ref>"''Cadmus et Hermione''", in ''The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music'', ed. by Barrie Jones (Taylor & Francis, 1998) p. 104</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; In America, trader [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[missionary]]-[[explorer]] [[Jacques Marquette]] begin exploring the [[Mississippi River]] and the [[Great Lakes (North America)|Great Lakes]].
* [[June 7]] &ndash; First [[Battle of Schooneveld]]: In a sea battle of the [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]], fought off the Netherlands coast, the [[Dutch Republic]] fleet (commanded by [[Michiel de Ruyter]]) defeats the allied Anglo-French fleet, commanded by [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]].
* [[June 14]] &ndash; Second [[Battle of Schooneveld]]: The Dutch fleet again defeats the joint Anglo-French fleet.
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[France|French]] explorers Father [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Joliet]] reach the headwaters of the [[Mississippi River]], and descend to [[Arkansas]].