Timeline April 1676

Events in April 1676 3

• 1606 – 1676 John Winthrop the Younger (1606-1676) Died 5 April 1676, aged 70 Winthrop served as governor of the Connecticut Colony and was a founding member of the Royal Society with an interest in alchemy and medicine. Son of Massachusetts Bay founder John Winthrop, he helped secure Connecticut's royal charter in 1662. He died in Boston while attending a conference of colonial commissioners.
• 1607 – 1676 Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676) Died 29 April 1676, aged 69 De Ruyter was the Dutch Republic's most celebrated admiral, winning major victories against England and France across four decades of naval warfare. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Agosta off Sicily and died of his wounds at Syracuse. He is still regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history.
• 1676 Battle of Agosta Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter mortally wounded off Sicily A French fleet under Abraham Duquesne fought a combined Dutch-Spanish fleet off the Sicilian coast near Agosta. Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter was struck by cannon fire and mortally wounded during the engagement, dying a week later at Syracuse. The battle was part of the wider Franco-Dutch War fought in the Mediterranean.