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March 17, 1676Born on Wednesday March 18, 1676
- Charles Stone, Church of England, Burbage, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Carolus Van Aerschot, Rotselaar († 1680)
- Elizabeth Engelen, Echt
- Jacomijn Peeters COOPMANS, Helmond
- Catarina, Recezinhos São Martinho, Penafiel, Porto, Portugal
- Dirk Corneliszn van der Werff, Leiderdorp († 1676)
- domingas gomes laranjo, perre viana do castelo portugal († 1738)
- Jane Dillon
- Anna de Loreijn, Axel, ZL.NL († 1713)
- Jacob Wiltsie, Newtown, Queens, New York, United States († 1742)
Died on Wednesday March 18, 1676
- Maria Matijs (43), Temse
- Adelaïde Henriette de Savoie (39), München, Bayern, Germany
- Ursula Heinemann-Niederste-Heimes
- Cornelis VERLINDEN (56)
- Grietje Derks (0), Winschoten
- Maria Mathijs (43), Temse
- Adelheid Henriette Marie von Savoyen (39)
- Adelheid Henriette van Savoye (39), Munchen
- Adelheid Henriette van Savoye (39), Munchen
- Adelaide Henrietta of Savoy [[ChWikibio]] sss (39), Munich, Holy Roman Empire
Born on March 18
- 1590 » Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet († 1649)
- 1597 » Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal († 1659)
- 1603 » Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate († 1697)
- 1609 » Frederick III of Denmark († 1670)
- 1634 » Madame de La Fayette, French author († 1693)
- 1640 » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer († 1719)
- 1657 » Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer († 1743)
- 1690 » Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic († 1764)
- 1701 » Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company († 1776)
- 1733 » Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller († 1811)
Died on March 18
- 1582 » Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of William I of Orange (b. 1562)
- 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
- 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
- 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
- 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
- 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
- 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
- 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
- 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
- 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
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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.
- 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.