1676

Events

• January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia
• First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rmer
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Russo-Turkish Wars commence.

Year in topic

• 1676 in literature
• 1676 in music
• 1676 in science

Births

• May 8 - Frederick I of Sweden
• August 26 - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Deaths

• April 29 - Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruijter
• July 22 - Pope Clement X

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