Year by year · 17th century

1676

1676 in world history: 5 events, 6 births, 10 deaths and 1 work. 1,153 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 29 January

    Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia

    On the death of Tsar Alexei, his sickly 14-year-old son Feodor succeeded him. In a short reign he abolished the system of ranking nobles by ancestry, paving the way for his half-brother Peter the Great.

    Peter the Great

  2. 19 September

    Nathaniel Bacon's rebels burn Jamestown

    Rebels led by Nathaniel Bacon burned Virginia's capital, Jamestown, in a revolt against Governor Berkeley. Their alliance of poor whites, servants and enslaved Africans alarmed the colony's elite.

    JamestownVirginia

  3. Revolt

    Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion was an armed uprising in the Colony of Virginia in 1676, led by the planter Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley.

  4. Battle

    Battle of Gegodog

    The Battle of Gegodog was fought in October 1676 near Tuban on the north coast of Java during the Trunajaya rebellion.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1676 6

Died in 1676 10

Works 1

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