1676 deaths

pope of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676 (1590-1676)

Tsar of Russia (1645–1676)

German writer

Sephardic Rabbi

Dutch admiral (1607-1676)

Italian composer (1602–1676)

German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)

Grand vizier (1635-1676)

queen of Bohemia

Field Marshal of Sweden (1613-1676)

Italian princess

Hungarian prince of Transylvania

French artist (1604-1676)

Metacomet (c. 1638 in Massachusetts – August 12, 1676), also known as Pometacom, Metacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip, was sachem (elected chief) to the Wampanoag people from 1662–1676, and the second son of the sachem Massasoit. Metacomet became sachem after Massasoit's death. Metacomet was killed on August 12, 1676, near Mount Hope, Rhode Island. Scholars say his death marked the end of King Phillip's War (1675–1678).

English reformer and activist (1609-1676)

French writer and dramatist (1595–1676)

German poet and composer and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

French murderer

Duchess of Courland by marriage (1617–1676)

Doge of Venice (1606-1676)

Dutch theologian (1589-1676)

English polymath and aristocrat (1592-1676)

French historian and philologist (1603–1676)

Archduchess of Austria (1616-1676)

French cleric, author, theatre critic

Spanish missionary and explorer

Czech poet, composer, choirmaster, writer, organist and nobleman

French theologian

Burgundian painter (1621-1676)

Swedish baron, county governor and admiral-general (1615-1676)

founder of the city of Montreal

Virginia colonist, leader of Bacon's Rebellion (1647–1676)

painter from Spain (1614-1676)

noblewoman; English countess (1590-1676)

Italian composer

Swedish admiral (1614-1676)

English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)

Italian painter (1635-1676)

Italian cardinal

Catholic cardinal (1615-1676)

Weetamoo (pronounced Wee-TAH-moo) (c. 1635–1676), also referred to as Weethao, Weetamoe, Wattimore, Namumpum, and Tatapanunum, was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief. She was the sunksqua, or female sachem, of the Pocasset tribe, which occupied contemporary Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620. The Pocasset, which she led, was one of the tribes of the Wampanoag.

Dutch painter in the Golden Age (c.1620-1676)

Titular Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg and Count of Nassau-Schaumburg

French painter (1613-1676)

German army commander

Danish military leader (1608–1676)

French writer (1606–1676)

Italian painter of the Baroque period (1596-1676)

Ming and Qing dynasty general (1604-1676)

German grammarian

Flemish painter (1603-1676)

Spanish duke

Swedish general

mathematician (1622-1676)

French composer

German composer

French painter (1604-1676)

Scottish academic, translator, theatrical impresario and cartographer (1600-1676)

Landgrave of Hesse-Itter from 1661 to 1676

Governor of the Saybrook and Connecticut Colonies (1606-1676)