Editing 1676 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 2]] &ndash; Major John Talcott and his troops begin sweeping [[Connecticut]] and [[Rhode Island]], capturing large numbers of Native Americans from [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] tribes and exporting them out of the [[Thirteen Colonies|English colonies]] as slaves.
* [[July 4]] &ndash; Captain [[Benjamin Church (ranger)|Benjamin Church]] and his soldiers begin sweeping [[Plymouth Colony]], for any remaining Wampanoag tribesmen.
* [[July 11]] &ndash; The Wampanoags attack [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], but are repelled by colonists.
* [[July 17]] &ndash; In France, [[Madame de Brinvilliers]] is executed for poisoning her father and brothers. The case also scares King [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] into starting a series of investigations about possible poisonings and [[witchcraft]] (later called the ''[[Affair of the Poisons]]'').
* [[July 27]] &ndash; Nearly 200 [[Nipmuc]] tribesmen surrender to the English colonists in [[Boston]].
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]] colonist [[Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist)|Nathaniel Bacon]] and his makeshift army issue a [[Declaration of the People of Virginia]], instigating [[Bacon's Rebellion]] against the rule of Governor [[William Berkeley (governor)|William Berkeley]].
* [[August 2]] &ndash; Captain Benjamin Church captures Metacomet's wife and son.
* [[August 12]] &ndash; King Philip ([[Metacomet]]), chief of the [[Wampanoags]] that had waged a war throughout southern [[New England]] that bore his name, is killed by an Indian named Alderman, a soldier led by Captain Benjamin Church.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Battle of Halmstad]] (fought at Fyllebro): Sweden gains a decisive victory over [[Denmark–Norway]].
* [[August 28]] &ndash; The [[Irish Donation of 1676]] is shipped from [[Dublin]], to relieve [[Boston]] in the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. 
* [[September 19]]
** The [[Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)]] begins, with Russo-Ukrainian troops forcing pro-[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] ''[[Hetman]]'' [[Ivan Samoylovych]] to surrender [[Chyhyryn]]. 
** [[Bacon's Rebellion]]: [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] is burned to the ground by the forces of [[Nathaniel Bacon (colonist)|Nathaniel Bacon]].
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent XI]] succeeds [[Pope Clement X]], as the 240th [[Pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].