4th » Battle of Lund: A Denmark Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark Christian V engages the Sweden Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
Famous Deaths for December 1676
25th » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)
25th » Matthew Hale (jurist) known as Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1609)