Editing 1676 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Feodor III of Russia|Feodor III]] becomes [[Tsar]] of Russia.
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala]], the oldest institution of [[higher education]] in [[Central America]], is founded.<ref>Procedure 373 of the Guatemalan Real Audiencia in the General Archive of Indias.</ref>
* [[January]] &ndash; Six months into [[King Philip's War]], [[Metacomet]] (King Philip), leader of the [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] tribe known as the [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoag]], travels westward to the [[Mohawk nation]], seeking an alliance with the Mohawks against the [[Colonial history of the United States|English colonists]] of [[New England]]; his efforts in creating such an alliance are a failure.
* [[February 10]] &ndash; After the [[Nipmuc]] tribe attacks [[Lancaster, Massachusetts]], colonist [[Mary Rowlandson]] is taken captive, and lives with the Indians until [[May]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; Metacomet and his Wampanoags attack [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]; meanwhile, the Massachusetts Council debates whether a wall should be erected around [[Boston]].
* [[February 23]] &ndash; While the Massachusetts Council debates how to handle the Christian Indians they had exiled to [[Deer Island (Massachusetts)|Deer Island]] on [[October 13]], [[1675]], a coalition of Indians led by Metacomet attacks colonial settlements just {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} outside of Boston.
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Providence, Rhode Island]] is attacked and destroyed by Native Americans.