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Born on Wednesday January 22, 1676
- Geertje Hendriksdr Buth, Sommelsdijk
- Helena Hogendijk, Delft († 1733)
- Jan Bosmaar, Leiden
- Arij Maeslant, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Guillaume Proost, Turnhout († 1722)
- Helena Dimphna SANNEN, Mol, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1748)
- Helena Sannen, Mol Stokt, 2400, België († 1748)
- Jan Wolters, Hengelo
- Anna Robben, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
- Adrianus Appels, Oisterwijk
Died on Wednesday January 22, 1676
- Christine Sophia van Baden-Durlach (1), Basel, Zwitserl
- Maria Van der Borght (86), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Judoca van Bogaert (71), Tielrode
- Egbert Jans
- Caels Willem (73), Weelde, Antwerpen, België
- Christine Sofie Princess Of Baden (1)
- MARY ELIZABETH CURTIS COLEY (71)
- Egbert
- Lambert Ossewaeijer (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Ancelote CHARON (56), Vichères, 28407, Eure et Loir, Centre, France
Born on January 22
- 1570 » Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library († 1631)
- 1573 » John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets († 1631)
- 1592 » Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher († 1655)
- 1645 » William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (probable; d. 1701)
- 1654 » Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet († 1729)
- 1690 » Nicolas Lancret, French painter († 1743)
- 1729 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author († 1781)
- 1733 » Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer († 1796)
- 1740 » Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1809)
- 1781 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor († 1849)
Died on January 22
- 1560 » Wang Zhi, Chinese pirate
- 1575 » James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)
- 1599 » Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
- 1666 » Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592)
- 1750 » Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
- 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
- 1767 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)
- 1779 » Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
- 1779 » Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
- 1798 » Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)
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).
- July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
- 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.