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- Judoca Ghesquiere, Dadizele († 1750)
- Engeltje Ariensdr van den Meer, De Lier
- Clara Mertens, Wilrijk
- Anna Maria Vrancken, Susteren
- Maria Schneider, Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
- Noël CRANN, Guipavas, 29075, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1729)
- Livinus BONNET, Maldegem, 9990, Flandre-Orientale, Belgique († 1726)
- Geertien Remkes, Midwolda
- Joannes Judocus Janssen Meijvisch, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Edward Avery, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America († 1759)
Died on Friday March 20, 1676
- Michael Mutscheler (0), Gussenstadt, Jagstkreis, Württemberg, Germany
- Claesje Willemsdr van der Valk
- Priscilla Ursulla Briggs (58), Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- *Sarah Tilden (63), Berkely Precinct, Perquimans, North Carolina, United States
- Georges Digby (63), Chelsea
- Margaretha Arminius (39)
- Elisabeth van Meervenne (59), Temse
- Maartje Lambrechts Houff (66)
- Margareta Aelbrecht (3), Moorsel, Belgium
- Cataleijntje Mattheusdr Bernaerts, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on March 20
- 1612 » Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet († 1672)
- 1615 » Dara Shikoh, Indian prince († 1659)
- 1639 » Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine († 1709)
- 1725 » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan († 1789)
- 1737 » Rama I, Thai king († 1809)
- 1771 » Heinrich Clauren, German author († 1854)
- 1796 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician († 1862)
- 1799 » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author († 1839)
- 1800 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica († 1845)
- 1805 » Thomas Cooper, British poet († 1892)
Died on March 20
- 1549 » Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1508)
- 1568 » Albert, Duke of Prussia (b. 1490)
- 1619 » Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557)
- 1673 » Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (b. 1603)
- 1688 » Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (b. 1642)
- 1730 » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
- 1746 » Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (b. 1656)
- 1780 » Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
- 1793 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)
- 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
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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).
- 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.
- September 19 » Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
- 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.