Events from the year 1676 in England.
Incumbents
Events
Undated
Births
- 4 January â Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Marske, Member of Parliament (died 1705)
- 19 January â John Weldon, composer (died 1736)
- baptised 30 January â Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, courtier and landowner (died 1744)
- 14 June â Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet, lawyer and politician (died 1744)
- 21 June (Old Style) â Anthony Collins, philosopher (died 1729)
- 26 August â Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)
- 14 November â Benjamin Hoadly, clergy (died 1761)
- 29 November â Sir Henry Bunbury, 3rd Baronet, politician (died 1733)
- 30 December â John Philips, poet (died 1709)
Deaths
- 4 March â Sir Edward Turnour, Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1617)
- 22 March â Lady Anne Clifford, literary patron (born 1590)
- 23 May (bur.) â William Samwell, architect (born 1628)
- 12 July â Henry Stubbe, writer and scholar (born 1632; drowned)
- 10 September â Gerrard Winstanley, religious reformer (born 1609)
- 11 October â Anthony Terill, theologian (born 1623)
- 25 December âÂÂ
- Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice (born 1609)
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, soldier, politician and writer (born 1592)
- Chesten Marchant, last monoglot speaker of the Cornish language
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