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Born on Thursday August 27, 1676
Died on Thursday August 27, 1676

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 27, 1676 at Delpher


Born on August 27

Died on August 27

Names that were popular for boys in 1676
  1. Jan
  2. Cornelis
  3. Joannes
  4. Pieter
  5. Jacob
  6. Johannes
  7. Willem
  8. Jean
  9. John
  10. Hendrik
  11. Petrus
  12. Jacobus
  13. Gerrit
  14. Pierre
  15. Thomas
  16. Johann
Names that were popular for girls in 1676
  1. Maria
  2. Anna
  3. Marie
  4. Elisabeth
  5. Catharina
  6. Neeltje
  7. Joanna
  8. Cornelia
  9. Elizabeth
  10. Grietje
  11. Anne
  12. Mary
  13. Johanna
  14. Jeanne
  15. Lijsbeth
  16. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.