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Born on Wednesday December 16, 1676
- Guillaume MAHEVILLE, Nethen († 1764)
- Elbert van Ebbenhorst, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
- Egidius Goossens, Malderen
- Anna Mertens, Geel,Hadschot
- Cornelis Aertsz de Groot, Alblasserdam, zh.nld († 1735)
- Evert LANGBROEK, Middelharnis
- Jan BORST, Lopik
- Evert Willemsz Langbrouck, Middelharnis
- Egidius Goossens, Malderen
- Evert Willems Langbroek, Middelharnis Zuid Holland (NL)
Died on Wednesday December 16, 1676
- Mary Bucket\Becket (86), Duxbury,Plymouth,MA
- Joseph Underwood (62), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Sophia van Zweibrucken Birkenfeld (83), Neuenstein
- Cornelius Christoforus Van Aerde (75), Loenhout, Wuustwezel, Belgium
- Jan Willem Thomas van Spaendonck (56)
- Cornelius Stoffels van Aerde (75), Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Cornelius Stoffel Cornelis VAN AERDE (75), Loenhout, Wuustwezel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
- Jacobus Van Campenhout (74), parochie Sint-Stefanus, Brussegem, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Sophia van de Pfalz Birkenfeld (83), Neuenstein
- Jan Willem Thomas (sr) van Spaendonck (56), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on December 16
- 1584 » John Selden, English jurist and scholar († 1654)
- 1585 » Livia della Rovere, Italian noble († 1641)
- 1605 » Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat († 1663)
- 1614 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg († 1674)
- 1630 » Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist († 1715)
- 1714 » George Whitefield, English Anglican priest († 1770)
- 1716 » Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat († 1798)
- 1717 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar († 1806)
- 1730 » Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader († 1763)
- 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
Died on December 16
- 1558 » Thomas Cheney, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1583 » Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer
- 1594 » Allison Balfour, Scottish witch
- 1598 » Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)
- 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
- 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
- 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
- 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
- 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
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).
- 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.
- 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.