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Born on Thursday August 27, 1676
- Elizabeth Arther, Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
- Bartholomeus (Bartel) Jorisz (van Brandenburg), Overschie († 1721)
- Adriana (Aaltje) Doedes, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Apollonia Cörper, Waldböckelheim, Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz
- Bartholomeus Jorisz Brandenburg, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bartholomeus BRANDENBURG, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1721)
- Anna Rosine Margaretha van Schweyher, Wenen († 1747)
- Jacoba Walravens Pijnenborgh, Haaren
- Adriana
- Elysabeth Free, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1683)
Died on Thursday August 27, 1676
- (1) Maria Jans Verwijmer, Zundert, Nederland
- Anneken Wouters van Doormalen (58), Notel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Amelberga de Munck (5), Beveren-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Elinor Winslow (39), Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Justus Hendriks Beylanus (64), Ternaard, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Georg Philipp Bonhöffer (61), Schwäbisch Hall
- Joanna VAN HERBOSCH (6), Merchtem, 1785, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Justus Beilanus (64), Ternaard
- Joannes Hubertus SCHOENMAECKERS (56), Teteringen
- Joost Jan Joost Teulings (46), Gent,Oost-Vlaanderen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 27, 1676 at Delpher
Born on August 27
- 1624 » Koxinga, Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist († 1662)
- 1637 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland († 1715)
- 1665 » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician († 1751)
- 1669 » Anne Marie d'Orléans, queen of Sardinia († 1728)
- 1677 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general († 1748)
- 1724 » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician († 1781)
- 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
- 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
- 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
- 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
Died on August 27
- 1521 » Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
- 1545 » Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)
- 1576 » Titian, Italian painter and educator (b. 1488)
- 1590 » Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
- 1611 » Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
- 1635 » Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
- 1664 » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
- 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
- 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
- 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
Names that were popular for boys in 1676
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Willem
- Jean
- John
- Petrus
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Pierre
- Thomas
- Johann
Names that were popular for girls in 1676
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Anne
- Mary
- Johanna
- Lijsbeth
- Jeanne
- Jannetje
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.
- 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.
- 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.