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June 20, 1676Born on Sunday June 21, 1676
- Adriaentje van Rossum († 1739)
- Antonius van Dijck, Hilvarenbeek
- Annetge Nieuwland, Naaldwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
- Gertrudis Hermans van Cuijck, 's-Hertogenbosch
- Andreas DE SMET, Malderen, 1840, Londerzeel, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Adriana Kameraet (Cammeraet), Fijnaart, Nederland
- Hendrik van Meteren, Everdingen
- Gijsbertus Storm, Beesd
- Cornelis CAPITEIJN, Ouddorp
- bastiaan cornelisz van der WEIJDEN, zuid beijerland († 1677)
Died on Sunday June 21, 1676
- Janne RIO (60), Grand-Champ,56390,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE,Locmaria
- Cornelis Schoenmaker, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Thomas Dow (36), Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Catharina <Johannes> Ruijters (45), Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
- Catharina Ruijters, Margraten, Nederland
- Maria Elias (25), Amsterdam
- CATHARINA RUIJTERS, Margraten
- Cornelis Claesz CAPITEIJN (1)
- Symon Lambrechtsen (0), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Jannetje Asser (55), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Born on June 21
- 1630 » Samuel Oppenheimer, German Jewish banker and diplomat († 1703)
- 1636 » Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, French noble († 1721)
- 1639 » Increase Mather, American minister and author († 1723)
- 1676 » Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author († 1729)
- 1706 » John Dollond, English optician and astronomer († 1761)
- 1710 » James Short, Scottish-English mathematician and optician († 1768)
- 1712 » Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral († 1790)
- 1730 » Motoori Norinaga, Japanese poet and scholar († 1801)
- 1732 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German pianist and composer († 1791)
- 1736 » Enoch Poor, American general († 1780)
Died on June 21
- 1591 » Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (b. 1568)
- 1596 » Jean Liebault, French agronomist and physician (b. 1535)
- 1621 » Kryštof Harant, Czech soldier and composer (b. 1564)
- 1621 » Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1575)
- 1622 » Salomon Schweigger, German theologian (b. 1551)
- 1631 » John Smith, English admiral and explorer (b. 1580)
- 1652 » Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House and Wilton House (b. 1573)
- 1661 » Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (b. 1599)
- 1737 » Matthieu Marais, French author, critic, and jurist (b. 1664)
- 1738 » Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1674)
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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 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.
- 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.