Important Historical Events of the year 1676, Year 1676 in History
List of 1676 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1676
What happened in the year 1676?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 17, 1676 | Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan. |
| June 1, 1676 | Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79). |
| June 2, 1676 | 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, 1676 | Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. |
| August 12, 1676 | Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War. |
| September 19, 1676 | Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion. |
| November 21, 1676 | The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. |
| December 4, 1676 | The Royal 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. |