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August 6, 1676Born on Friday August 7, 1676
- Judoca Struijve, Zwevegem, Belgium († 1744)
- Matthias van Gangelt, Sint Pieter († 1756)
- Judoca Struve, Zwevegem († 1744)
- Johan Joseph Graaf van Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg, Hostoun (Hostau), Z.W.-Bohemen, Tsjechië († 1713)
- Agatha Sprang, van, Oosterhout
- Elisabeth Ten Höpen, Alstätte-Ahaus, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1700)
- Marie Philippine BERNARD, Eppe-Sauvage, Nord, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France
- Johanna Barbara Daeldorp, Amsterdam,NL, Nederland († 1700)
- Matthias van Gangelt (Vangangelt), Sint Pieter († 1756)
- Mathias Vangangelt (Vangangel, van Gangelt, van Gangel), Sint Pieter, Nederland († 1756)
Died on Friday August 7, 1676
- Pierre Duchemin
- Johann 1628 Essig (48), Birkenfeld, Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
- Anna De Bruyn (40), Boom
- Jan Hoofs (15), Baardegem Aalst, België
- Barbara SLANGEN, Hulsberg, Limburg, Nederland
- Adolf van Limburg Bronkhorst (17), Maastricht
- Adolf Gelricus VAN LIMBURG STIRUM (17), Maastricht Limburg Netherlands
- Elizabeth Willyam (35), Ireby, Thornton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire, England
- Sabina Lieftingh (70), Delft
- Joannes Beerten, 3350, Neerlinter, Vlaams Brabant, BE
Born on August 7
- 1560 » Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian aristocrat and serial killer († 1614)
- 1571 » Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer († 1627)
- 1574 » Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer († 1649)
- 1598 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist († 1672)
- 1613 » William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder († 1664)
- 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
- 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
- 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
- 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
- 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
Died on August 7
- 1547 » Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (b. 1480)
- 1613 » Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1544)
- 1616 » Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (b. 1548)
- 1632 » Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)
- 1635 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
- 1639 » Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
- 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
- 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
- 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
- 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
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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 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.
- 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.