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Born on Tuesday October 20, 1676
- Christiaan Claes Christiaansen, 's-Gravenmoer
- Jacobus van Stockum, Utrecht (Buurkerk) († 1745)
- Henricus GOMMANS, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1720)
- Jenneken op Stroo, Vorden
- Henricus GOMMANS, Helden, Limburg, Nederland († 1756)
- Cornelis Adriaens van Eerssel, 's Gravenmoer († 1726)
- Lucia De Winter, Werchter
- "Arnolus Matthiae Jacobi" Aert Tijssen Aert Tijssen, Erp († 1747)
- Catharina Kumpers, Mettingen, Duitsland († 1752)
- Gabriel MESUREUR, Bonnieres 1665-1701 page 34 († 1748)
Died on Tuesday October 20, 1676
- Jacoba Johannes Pompen (51), Leende, Noord Brabant, Nederland
- Pierre Petit (38), Beaupré, Qc., Canada
- Pierre Petit dit Milhomme (38), Beaupré, Québec, Canada
- Anne Marie de HAACK
- Henricus BAECKELMANS (56), Kontich,2550,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Antoine AUSTRY (0), Lugan, 12134, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France
- Antonius Christoffels Deynoot (16), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- James Olney (36), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Magdalena De Bruyne (58), Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Johann Balthazar Zinn (70), Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 20, 1676 at Delpher
Born on October 20
- 1612 » Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier († 1698)
- 1616 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian († 1680)
- 1620 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter († 1691)
- 1632 » Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral († 1723)
- 1632 » Edward Hungerford, English politician († 1711)
- 1660 » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1723)
- 1677 » Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland († 1766)
- 1711 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, († 1795)
- 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
- 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
Died on October 20
- 1524 » Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
- 1570 » João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
- 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
- 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
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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).
- 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.