Events from the year 1676 in England. 18 February – Isaac Newton observes to Robert Hooke that "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". [1] 2 March – first performance of George Etherege 's play The Man of Mode. [1] 26 May – fire in Southwark destroys 625 houses. [2]

Survey of the City of London by John Ogilby and William Morgan, on a scale of 100 feet to the inch, completed in 1676. British History Online (no series). This free content was digitised by scanning. Public Domain.

Britain As it was devided in the tyme of the Englishe Saxons especially during their Heptarchy A splendid map of Great Britain during the Anglo-Saxon period with margins showing the seven Saxon kings of the Heptarchy on the left and pivotal events from Britain's conversion to Christianity on the right...

A very decorative 17th century map of of the Kingdom of England and Wales* which was ‘performed’ by John Speed and published in his Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (London: Bassett & Chiswell, 1676).

Ogilby and Morgan's Large Scale Map of the City As Rebuilt By 1676. Originally published by [s.n.], [s.l.], 1676. This free content was digitised by scanning. Public Domain.

The Invasions of England and Ireland with al their Civill Wars Since the Conquest.

One of the earliest maps of the Northeast, which fully registers the dramatic shift from Dutch to English dominance in the region in the latter part of the seventeenth century. It is one of the first printed maps to use the term "New York" for both Manhattan (formerly …

The map titled "The Kingdom of Great Britaine and Ireland" is a captivating masterpiece by the esteemed cartographer John Speed, crafted in 1676. This map offers a detailed glimpse into the political and physical geography of the British Isles during the late 17th century.

Highly collectible antique map of New England, engraved by Francis Lamb, published in the last edition of John Speed's atlas, 1676. An important map of the British colonies in North America, based on the Jansson/Visscher maps that formed the foundation for maps of the region.

An interesting and decorative 17th century Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy map which was engraved by Jodocus Hondius and published in John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (London: Bassett & Chiswell, 1676).