Years: 1673 1674 1675 - 1676 - 1677 1678 1679

Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia
• First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer
• 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