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• Francesca Isabelle van Roisin, Douai (Dowaai), Nord-Pas-de-Calais († 1845)
• Egidius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Velden, Hellouw, Nederland († 1853)
• Adrianus Ariens, Escharen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia_Jacoba de Bruine, Amsterdam, Zuiderkerk
• Anna Dorothea Weimar, 's-Gravenhage († 1863)
• Geertje van Nuffelen, Loosduinen
• Aaltje Boef, Bodegraven († 1779)
• Geertje Cornelisdr. Sonnevelt, Katwijk
• Cornelis van Daalen, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Françoise Adélaïde de Noailles (71), Paris
• Everts (Evertsen) (0), Groevenbeek, Nederland
• Dirkje Korpershoek (58), 's-Gravenzande
• Elisabeth Adelgunde von Schönaich (62)
• Eugenia UYTTENHOVE (1), Emelgem,8870,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Ary Fransse Ketting (60), Dinteloord
• DIRKJE HOGENDIJK (53), SCHEVENINGEN
• Arij Ketting (60), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abigail Learned (91), Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Dirkie Gerrits Korpershoek (58), 's Gravenzande (gem. Westland)

• 1739 » Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution († 1793)
• 1746 » Gustav III of Sweden († 1792)
• 1749 » Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1806)
• 1754 » Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor († 1820)
• 1761 » Louis Klein, French general († 1845)
• 1763 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician († 1831)
• 1776 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer († 1822)
• 1787 » Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist († 1864)
• 1804 » Delphine de Girardin, French author († 1855)
• 1814 » Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess († 1858)

• 1626 » Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
• 1639 » Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
• 1666 » Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1709 » George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)

1. Jan
2. Pieter
3. Hendrik
4. Johannes
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Joanna
7. Catharina
8. Elisabeth
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Elizabeth
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Adriana
15. Antje
16. Mary

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.

The temperature on January 24, 1776 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.