1676

Year 1676 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - becomes  of.
 * - a fire destroys the Town Hall and 624 houses in in.
 * June - Beginning of in the.

July - December

 * - In, is executed for ing his father and brothers. Case also scares the king  to start a series of investigations about possible ings and , later called the.
 * -, the chief of the  that had waged war throughout southern  in a war that bore his name, was killed after a party led by Benjamin Church tracked him down.
 * - succeeds  as the 240th.
 * - The founded on  in the English colony of.
 * - makes the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

Undated

 * First measurement of the, by.
 * continues, between the settlers in and the indigenous tribes led by.
 * First actions in the.
 * decrees that Muslims must live separately from Christians throughout.
 * discovers s.
 * was the meeting place of the.

Births

 * - (died )
 * -, Scottish church leader (died )
 * -, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the (died , )
 * - King (died )
 * -, Italian mathematician (died )
 * -, English philosopher (died )
 * -, Prussian field marshal (died )
 * -, German theologian, historian, and poet (died )
 * -, first (died )
 * - (died )
 * -, Spanish scholar (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Italian composer (born )
 * - Tsar (born )
 * -, French engraver and artist (born c.)
 * -, French historian (born )
 * -, Governor of Connecticut (born )
 * -, Dutch admiral (born )
 * -, German hymnist (born )
 * -, Swedish soldier (born )
 * - (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, German writer (born )
 * -, English religious reformer (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, Dutch theologian (born )
 * -, Lord Chief Justice of England (born )
 * -, English soldier, politician, and writer (born )


 * See also .