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April 2, 1676Born on Friday April 3, 1676
- Catharina Thissen, Gangelt (D.)
- Christianus Nieulant - Nullans - Nieuwlant, Asse
- Judocus Hoogewys, Laarne, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1738)
- Barbara ... Sophia Corsula von Würzburg
- Eva Maria Muilman († 1731)
- Adriana Somers, Oelegem
- Hannah Stringham, Jamaica, Livingston, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1749)
- Jacomijntje Wieland, Utrecht
- Laureijs Jan Laureijs Hoecken, Tilburg
- Laurens Hoeke, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Friday April 3, 1676
- Tiackjen ABELS (61), Woldendorp, Termunten, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
- Thomas Kannenberg, Grassau,Stendal,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
- Gerrit Jansz JONCKER
- Elizabeth Farley (76), West Horley, Surrey
- Tjackjen, Tiaeckjen Abels (62), Woldendorp
- Judocus De Maerschalck*, Londerzeel Belgie
- maria van staeyen(borst), wuustwezel
- Adrien Baudry (87), Molosmes, 89700, Yonne, Bourgogne, FRANCE
- Otto van Estorff (59)
- Tiackjen Abels (62), , Farmsum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
Born on April 3
- 1593 » George Herbert, English poet († 1633)
- 1639 » Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer († 1682)
- 1643 » Charles V, duke of Lorraine († 1690)
- 1682 » Valentin Rathgeber, German organist and composer († 1750)
- 1693 » George Edwards, English ornithologist and entomologist († 1773)
- 1715 » William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist († 1787)
- 1764 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist († 1831)
- 1769 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat († 1835)
- 1770 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general († 1843)
- 1778 » Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy († 1862)
Died on April 3
- 1606 » Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1563)
- 1630 » Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English noble (b. c. 1593)
- 1680 » Shivaji, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (b. 1630)
- 1682 » Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618)
- 1691 » Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (b. 1608)
- 1695 » Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636)
- 1717 » Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
- 1728 » James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
- 1792 » George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
- 1804 » Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
Names that were popular for boys in 1676
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Jean
- Willem
- Petrus
- John
- Hendrik
- Jansz
- Pierre
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Van
Names that were popular for girls in 1676
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Anne
- Jans
- Elizabeth
- Jeanne
- Grietje
- Van
- Mary
- Catherine
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 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.