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Born on Tuesday November 17, 1676
- Jean Jacques SPANNAGEL, Katzenthal, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1726)
- Margriete de Boois ( de Boor ) ( de Boos ), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Joannes Moelants, Dessel (Belgie)
- Elisabeth Jansdr van Tol, Katwijk
- Jacob Dewilde, Zarren
- Dymphna Woestenborghs, Vorselaar († 1743)
- Joannes Moelants, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgie
- Floris DUFEU, Meyssiès,38440,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 1758)
- Francois Louis de SAUSSURE, Lausanne, Vaud, Zwitserland († 1724)
- Jean Henri HIRTH, Burnhaupt-le-Bas, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1678)
Died on Tuesday November 17, 1676
- Joanna Mignot (Miniau Miniot) (61), Menen
- Pieter Heeres
- Emerentiana Craenven, Heeswijk
- Melis Cornelisz van 't Hoogeland (49), Hoorn, Holland, Dutch Republic
- Livina Utterweerden, Kalken
- Domin Van Caveye (54), Kortrijk,,Provincie West-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgiâ´
- Sarah Tuttle **** (34), Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- John SCADDING (50), Hemyock, Devon
- Melis Cornelisz Van 't Hoogland (49), Hoorn
- Catharina CLOOSTERMANS, Scherpenheuvel
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 17, 1676 at Delpher
Born on November 17
- 1587 » Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright († 1679)
- 1602 » Agnes of Jesus, French Catholic nun († 1634)
- 1612 » Dorgon, Chinese prince and regent († 1650)
- 1681 » Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian and author († 1776)
- 1685 » Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Canadian commander and explorer († 1749)
- 1729 » Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort († 1785)
- 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
- 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
- 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
- 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
Died on November 17
- 1624 » Jakob Böhme, German mystic (b. 1575)
- 1632 » Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)
- 1643 » Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, French general (b. 1602)
- 1648 » Thomas Ford, English viol player, composer, and poet (b. 1580)
- 1665 » John Earle, English bishop (b. 1601)
- 1668 » Joseph Alleine, English pastor and author (b. 1634)
- 1690 » Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general and politician (b. 1610)
- 1708 » Ludolf Bakhuizen, German-Dutch painter (b. 1631)
- 1713 » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
- 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
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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)
- June 1 » Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
- June 2 » Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
- 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.
- 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.