Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1676. This year saw 17 significant events.
The Scanian War (Danish: den Skånske Krig; Norwegian: den skånske krig; Swedish: Skånska kriget; German: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway,...
Alexei Mikhailovich, also known as Alexis, was Tsar of all Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676.
King Philip's War: a force of 1,500 Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett Indians kill over 30 men and destroy buildings in Lancaster, Massachusetts
The Sudbury Fight (April 21, 1676) was a battle of King Philip's War, fought in what is today Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts, when approximately five hundred Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett...
Battle of Etna - Netherlands and Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded
Bacon's Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government
Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch and Spanish fleet
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Native Americans
Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1678 that pitted a group of Indigenous peoples...
Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire
Pope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21...
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire sign the Peace of Warsaw
Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Kiprulu as Turkish grand vizier
First colonial prison organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt
The Scanian War (Danish: den Skånske Krig; Norwegian: den skånske krig; Swedish: Skånska kriget; German: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway,...
Alexei Mikhailovich, also known as Alexis, was Tsar of all Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676.
King Philip's War: a force of 1,500 Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett Indians kill over 30 men and destroy buildings in Lancaster, Massachusetts
The Sudbury Fight (April 21, 1676) was a battle of King Philip's War, fought in what is today Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts, when approximately five hundred Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett...
Battle of Etna - Netherlands and Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded
Bacon's Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government
Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch and Spanish fleet
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Native Americans
Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1678 that pitted a group of Indigenous peoples...
Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire
Pope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21...
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire sign the Peace of Warsaw
Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Kiprulu as Turkish grand vizier
First colonial prison organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt