1676 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s – 1670s – 1680s 1690s 1700s |
| Years: | 1673 1674 1675 – 1676 – 1677 1678 1679 |
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Events
- January 19 - Feodor III become Tsar of Russia.
- The Polish-Turkish War (1671 - 1676) ended
- King Philip's War (1675 - 1676) ended
- Port-de-Paix, Haiti has its first slave revolt
Births
- August 26 - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain
- September 16 - Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, mother of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, grandmother of Marie Antoinette
- October 8 - Benito Jeronimo Feijoo, Galician scholar
- December 19 - Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, French composer
- Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor
Deaths
- January 14 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
- January 29 – Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
- February 14 – Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
- March 21 – Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623)
- April 5 – John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
- April 29 – Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruijter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
- June 7 – Paul Gerhardt, German writer of church hymns
- July 5 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
- July 22 – Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
- July 25 – François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604)
- August 11 – Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German writer
- September 10 – Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
- October 28 – Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
- November 1 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
- December 25 – Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
- December 25 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier, politician, and writer (b. 1592)
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See also
In Spanish: 1676 para niños
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