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Born on Sunday September 20, 1676
- Adriaentje BRUIJN, Dordrecht
- Adriaen Meertens, Axel
- Cornelis Welbooren, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaantje Bruijn, dordrecht (zuid holland)
- Cornelis Boerkens, Nispen-Essen
- Anna Daens, Adegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- CATHARINA BOGAERDE, KRUIBEKE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Claes Arens Musch, Ouddorp (Z.H.) (doopgetuige Aagje Jacobs)
- Alida van Grootesteijn, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL († 1709)
- Andreas Pardaen, Zele (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
Died on Sunday September 20, 1676
- Ghislain (Ghislenus) Rubbens (60), Hamme
- Catharina LUIJTEN (26), Rotselaar, 3110, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, België
- Jeremie Genotel (0), Sedan
- Catharina Luyten (30), Rotselaar, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie
- Louis Buijs (65), Elversele
- Beatrix Dujardin, Mortier, België
- Jan CALLEBAUT (75), Nieuwerkerken, 9320, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Dirk Ariensz. Rijsselberch, Delft
- Gijsbrecht Corneelsen Brederoo, Zaamslag
- Claesje BRUIJNS (35)
Born on September 20
- 1593 » Gottfried Scheidt, German organist and composer († 1661)
- 1599 » Christian the Younger of Brunswick († 1623)
- 1608 » Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice († 1657)
- 1614 » Martino Martini, Italian missionary, cartographer and historian († 1661)
- 1685 » Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer († 1751)
- 1746 » Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer († 1786)
- 1758 » Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor († 1806)
- 1778 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer († 1852)
- 1800 » Benjamin Franklin White, American singer and composer († 1879)
- 1815 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania († 1869)
Died on September 20
- 1565 » Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (b. 1515)
- 1586 » Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (b. 1558)
- 1586 » Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (b. 1561)
- 1590 » Lodovico Agostini, Italian priest, composer, and scholar (b. 1534)
- 1625 » Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (b. 1555)
- 1627 » Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1560)
- 1639 » Johannes Meursius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1579)
- 1643 » Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1610)
- 1684 » Kim Seok-ju, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1634)
- 1793 » Fletcher Christian, English lieutenant and mutineer (b. 1764)
Names that were popular for boys in 1676
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Willem
- Jean
- John
- Petrus
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Pierre
- Thomas
- Johann
Names that were popular for girls in 1676
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Anne
- Mary
- Johanna
- Lijsbeth
- Jeanne
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1676
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 17 » Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
- June 1 » Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
- August 12 » Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
- September 19 » Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
- November 21 » The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
- December 4 » The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.