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May 18, 1676Born on Tuesday May 19, 1676
- Gerbranda Holthus, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
- Henricus Custers, Grubbenvorst
- Jan Willemsen, Harderwijk
- Jacobus Caron, Brugge
- Cornelis Cornelisse, Hazerswoude († 1749)
- N. Jarichs van Ockinga († 1676)
- Maria Ariens knaap, Woerden
- Anne Pinquet, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada († 1676)
- Maria Ariens Knaap, Woerden
- Christian Andersone
Died on Tuesday May 19, 1676
- Martha Kimball (47), near Deerfield, Massachusetts, British America
- N van Ockinga (0)
- Aeltge Cornelisdr Kuijck
- Anna Joannes VAN HUEGTEN (81), Leende (NL/NB)
- Lieven Samuelsz van Cruijl (55)
- levenloos van Ockinga (0)
- John Dickinson (51), Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts
- Neeltge Jans van der Horst
- Capt William Turner (53), Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Jan Johannes Looten (63), Amsterdam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 19, 1676 at Delpher
Born on May 19
- 1593 » Claude Vignon, French painter († 1670)
- 1616 » Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer († 1667)
- 1639 » Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble († 1665)
- 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
- 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
- 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
- 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
- 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
- 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
- 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
Died on May 19
- 1601 » Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (b. 1528)
- 1609 » García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (b. 1535)
- 1610 » Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (b. 1550)
- 1623 » Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542)
- 1637 » Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
- 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
- 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
- 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
- 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
- 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
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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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.