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Born on Sunday October 11, 1676
- "Grietje" Paulusdr Schep, Groot Ammers
- Elisabeth Henriëtte Schellart van Obbendorf Vrouwe van Geisteren, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1727)
- Elisabeth Henrica Maria Victoria SCHELLAERT-VAN OBBENDORF, Dusseldorf, Noordrijn-Westfalen († 1727)
- Jan Willemsz van Katwijk, Schiedam († 1728)
- Count Ehrgott of Kuefstein († 1728)
- Elisabeth Henriette van Schellaert-Obbendorf († 1727)
- Angela Houtepen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1743)
- Elisabeth Theus, Bergeijk (NL)
- Abel Kokuijt, Hoek
- Dirk Jochumsz Stellingwerf, Lisse
Died on Sunday October 11, 1676
- Anna De Wolf, Moorsel, Belgium
- Elizabeth Breed * (41), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Jan Seger Donckers (61), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriaan Jorisz Hopsomer (69), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina Lochtmans (38), Tessenderlo, Limburg, Belgie
- Charlotte Maugis dit Mauger dit Mongis (69), Lauzon, Lévis, Quebec, Canada
- Elisabeth Petri van Tychelt (69), Wuustwezel (B)
- Elisabeth van TICHELT (69), Wuustwezel (Belgie)
- elisabetha van tichelt (69), wuustwezel
- Godefridus Slabbers, Swalmen
Born on October 11
- 1616 » Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright († 1664)
- 1661 » Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet († 1742)
- 1671 » Frederick IV of Denmark († 1730)
- 1672 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat († 1742)
- 1675 » Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher († 1729)
- 1738 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales († 1814)
- 1739 » Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician († 1791)
- 1758 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer († 1840)
- 1786 » Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician († 1848)
- 1788 » Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor († 1867)
Died on October 11
- 1579 » Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
- 1667 » Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1613)
- 1684 » James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
- 1698 » William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
- 1705 » Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
- 1708 » Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
- 1721 » Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
- 1725 » Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
- 1779 » Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
- 1809 » Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
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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.
- 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.