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April 6, 1676Born on Tuesday April 7, 1676
- Alexander HELLEBUYCK, Tielt (Bruges, Ypres, Furnes) West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1738)
- Elisabeth van WYMELBEKE, Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, België
- jacqueline DELCROIX, Villers-Sire-Nicole (F-59) Hauts de France († 1742)
- Gerrit Hebing Heynck, Bocholt, Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany († 1756)
- Guilielmus van Venroij, Oosterhout, Nederland
- Madeleine VALLIERES, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec)
- Guilielmus van Venroey, Oosterhout
- Heinrich Nagtegaal, Beeck (D) bij Duisburg († 1746)
- Casparus Jansen Hopman, Amersfoort
- Isabella Theresia STREECK, Oostkerke-bij-Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1680)
Died on Tuesday April 7, 1676
- Daniel Clark (28), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Hans Jorryts Jorritsma (78), Hijlaard, Leeuwarden, Nederland
- Michael van Mighem (73), Temse
- Robert Tod (56), Urqhart, Scotland
- Henrick Quint (56)
- Hans Jorrits (76), Hydaard
- Peter Sierts
- Cornelis Matthijs (29), Oostwinkel, Belgium
- Anna van der Poort (32), Middelburg (Zeeland) NL
- Guilielmus van Venroij
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 7, 1676 at Delpher
Born on April 7
- 1613 » Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter († 1675)
- 1644 » François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general († 1730)
- 1648 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council († 1721)
- 1652 » Pope Clement XII († 1740)
- 1713 » Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist († 1801)
- 1718 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author († 1800)
- 1727 » Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist († 1806)
- 1763 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer († 1846)
- 1770 » William Wordsworth, English poet († 1850)
- 1772 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author († 1837)
Died on April 7
- 1606 » Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (b. 1561)
- 1614 » El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541)
- 1638 » Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (b. 1576)
- 1651 » Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)
- 1658 » Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)
- 1661 » Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)
- 1663 » Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)
- 1668 » William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)
- 1719 » Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)
- 1739 » Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
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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.
- July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
- 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.