Editing 1673 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===   
[[File:Iwakuni, ponte kintai-kyo, 03,0.jpg|thumb| [[Kintai Bridge]] officially complete in Japan on October 3]]
* [[July 6]] &ndash; French troops conquer [[Maastricht]].
* [[July 11]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands]] and [[Denmark-Norway]] sign a defense treaty.
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Edmund Halley]] enters [[The Queen's College, Oxford]], as an undergraduate.
* [[August 8]] &ndash; In the American colonies, a Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands the surrender of [[New York City|New York]].
* [[August 9]] &ndash; Dutch forces under Admiral [[Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest]] recapture [[New York City|New York]] from the English; the city is known as New Orange until regained by the English in [[1674]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Battle of Texel]] (Kijkduin): The Dutch fleet under [[Michiel de Ruyter]] defeats the English and French fleet. This prevents England's [[Blackheath Army]] from landing in [[Zeeland]].
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]], Spain, Netherlands and the Lutherans form an anti-French covenant.
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orange]] occupies [[Siege of Naarden (1673)|Naarden]], Netherlands.