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April 27, 1676Born on Tuesday April 28, 1676
- Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel, Kassel, Hessen, Germany († 1751)
- Guillaume Cochon, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada († 1681)
- Clara VAN HOUTEN, Aartselaar, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1764)
- Frederick I of Hesse-Kassel (born Lothringen-Brabant, Hessen), Landgrave, King of Sweden,, Kassel, Hessen, Deutschland(HRR) († 1751)
- Abraham Geurts Rosa, Vuren († 1757)
- Hendrina Quartier, Haarlem
- Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel, Kassel, Allemagne († 1751)
- Henrica Cornelius Voorstenbos, Schijndel
- Friedrich I of SWEDEN, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, Germany († 1751)
- Anna Magdalena {Froelich} Müeller - 7th Paternal Great GrandMother, Hassen, Germany († 1741)
Died on Tuesday April 28, 1676
- SOPHIA EYNMAEL (44), Heerlen
- Godefridus van Oijen (77), Helden
- Sophia Eijmael (Eymael) (Eijnmael) (44), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
- Carolus van Mele (24), Eksaarde, Lokeren, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Thomas MASKALL (47), Shipley, Sussex, England
- Gommara Roefs (54), Rumst
- Sophia Eijmael (Eymael) (44), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
- Gommara Roef(s) (54), Rumst, 2840, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Louis Gommeret (0), Épense, Marne, Frankrijk
- Herman Jans Knol (44), Rottum, Gem. Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 28, 1676 at Delpher
Born on April 28
- 1545 » Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander († 1598)
- 1573 » Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX († 1650)
- 1604 » Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America († 1662)
- 1623 » Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician († 1707)
- 1630 » Charles Cotton, English poet and author († 1687)
- 1676 » Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden († 1751)
- 1715 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator († 1767)
- 1758 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States († 1831)
- 1761 » Marie Harel, French cheesemaker († 1844)
- 1765 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
Died on April 28
- 1533 » Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
- 1643 » Francisco de Lucena, Portuguese politician (b. 1578)
- 1710 » Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
- 1716 » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
- 1726 » Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
- 1741 » Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
- 1772 » Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
- 1781 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
- 1813 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
- 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
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
- Anne
- Grietje
- Mary
- Johanna
- Jeanne
- Lijsbeth
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.