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Events on Sunday 5 April 1676 1
1606 – 1676John Winthrop the Younger (1606-1676)Died 5 April 1676, aged 70Winthrop 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.