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May 13, 1676Died on Thursday May 14, 1676
- Huijg Ariensz de ZEEUW (37)
- jan dercksen de greef (36)
- Dirck van Elsgeest (96)
- Mechelijne Waeyaert (55), Zarren,8610,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Catharine Viertel (18)
- Dirck Dirckszn van Elstgeest
- John Court (0), Elmstead Kent
- Esq. Richard Russell * (65), Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Livina DEMEYERE, Ingelmunster, 8770, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Cornelis Cornelis Peter van Hoof (Verhoof) (38), Tilburg
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 14, 1676 at Delpher
Born on May 14
- 1630 » Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai († 1681)
- 1652 » Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer († 1732)
- 1657 » Sambhaji, Indian emperor († 1689)
- 1666 » Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia († 1732)
- 1679 » Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1764)
- 1699 » Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general († 1786)
- 1701 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic († 1782)
- 1710 » Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden († 1771)
- 1725 » Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice († 1802)
- 1727 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter († 1788)
Died on May 14
- 1576 » Tahmasp I, Shah of Persia (b. 1514)
- 1603 » Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1543)
- 1608 » Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
- 1610 » Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
- 1643 » Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
- 1649 » Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
- 1667 » Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
- 1688 » Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
- 1754 » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
- 1761 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
Names that were popular for boys in 1676
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Jean
- Willem
- Petrus
- John
- Hendrik
- Jansz
- Jacobus
- Pierre
- Gerrit
- Van
Names that were popular for girls in 1676
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Anne
- Jans
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Jeanne
- Van
- Mary
- Johanna
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.