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July 16, 1676Born on Friday July 17, 1676
- Pietertje Adrians Kooij van der, Delft
- John Payson (Deacon), Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1747)
- Anneke Remmerswaal, Wassenaar, Netherlands († 1727)
- Leonardus Schers, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland
- Pietertje van der Kooij, Delft Zuid-Holland
- Anna Jansdr. Remmerswaal, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1725)
- Pietertje Ariensz van der Kooij, Delft
- Jacobina Perdieus, Buken († 1768)
- Henricus Alberts, Zyfflich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Anna Jansdr Remmerswaal, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1725)
Died on Friday July 17, 1676
- Anne Babington (DRAKEFORD) (54)
- Paschasius Hendrik Peters Maes, Zundert, 4443, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jeanne LHUILLIER (74), Saint-Eucaire-Metz, 57463, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France
- Paessen Hendrik Peter Maes, Zundert
- Joannes Claus (23), Sinaai
- Catharina Crommelin (45), Haarlem
- Christina Van De Walle (38), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Warnier de Brabant comte de Glymes (57), en son château de La Falize, Rhisnes, Namur
- Marie Jacquet
- Grace Thurgood (59), Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
Born on July 17
- 1531 » Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal († 1574)
- 1674 » Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian († 1748)
- 1695 » Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim († 1766)
- 1698 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher († 1759)
- 1708 » Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth († 1769)
- 1714 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic († 1762)
- 1744 » Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States († 1814)
- 1763 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist († 1848)
- 1774 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian († 1856)
- 1797 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and academic († 1856)
Died on July 17
- 1571 » Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
- 1588 » Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)
- 1603 » Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553)
- 1645 » Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)
- 1704 » Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
- 1709 » Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
- 1725 » Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).
- 1762 » Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
- 1790 » Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
- 1791 » Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)
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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.
- 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.