What Happened In 1676 - Historical Events 1676

Historical Events for the Year 1676

29th January » Feodor III of Russia known as Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
2nd June » Franco-Dutch War: Kingdom of France called France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
4th December » 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.

19th January » John Weldon (musician) known as John Weldon, English organist and composer (d. 1736)
4th February » Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1753)
17th March » Thomas Boston, Scottish educator (d. 1732)
27th March » Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (d. 1735)
4th April » Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760)
17th April » Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
28th May » Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
21st June » Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
3rd July » Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1747)
14th July » Caspar Abel, German historian, poet, and theologian (d. 1763)
26th August » Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
18th September » Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
8th October » Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)

14th January » Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
8th February » Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)
14th February » Abraham Bosse, French illustrator (b. 1602)
21st March » Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623)
27th March » Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (b. 1597)
5th April » John Winthrop the Younger, American politician, 1st List of colonial governors of Connecticut e.g Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
29th April » Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
5th July » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish commander and politician (b. 1613)
22nd July » Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
17th August » Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
9th September » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (b. 1612)
10th September » Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (b. 1609)
17th September » Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi (b. 1626)
28th October » Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1595)
1st November » Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1589)
25th December » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)
25th December » Matthew Hale (jurist) known as Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1609)