1676
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 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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1676 Media
September 19: Virginian rebels commanded by Nathaniel Bacon burn down Jamestown, Virginia during war against British governor.
August 17: Sweden defeats Denmark-Norway in Battle of Halmstad.
- Portrait of Robert Walpole (1676–1745)
Portrait of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, 1607–1676, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces
1676 (MDCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1676th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 676th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1670s decade. As of the start of 1676, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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)