Deaths on November 3

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha

Died on November 3, 1676

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, 110th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1635)

Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: كپرولى زاده فاضل احمد پاشا, Turkish: Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Paşa; Albanian: Fazlli Ahmed Pashë Kypriljoti; 1635 – 3 November 1676) was an Ottoman nobleman and statesman, who was a member of the renowned Köprülü family of Albanian origin, which produced six grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire.

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2 Jun

Battle of Palermo
Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
30 Jul

Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
19 Sep

Bacon's Rebellion
Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
21 Nov

Rømer's determination of the speed of light
The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.