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• Anna Cornelia Cornelis AERTS (Aertsen, Aerts, Haast), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1839)
• Adriana Maria Adrianus van Hal, Zundert en Wernhout (Noord-Brabant) NL († 1865)
• Alexander Boeykens, Temse († 1796)
• Bernars Van Landschoot († 1849)
• Cornelis Schols, Leiden († 1856)
• Alida Willijns, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis VAN LUIJK, Hoogvliet, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1789)
• Arie de Braal, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1854)
• Anna Pieters, Leeuwarden,Gemeente Leeuwarden,Friesland,Netherlands († 1834)
• Capt Charles Lee Wadsworth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1848)

• Barent Van Harten (24), Harmelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bastiaan Holster (54), Giessen
• Bastiaan HOLSTER Pzn (55), Giessen, Woudrichem, NL-NB
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• Adriaantje Louweris Huibregtse (77), Westkapelle
• Catharina Merckx (81), Bornem
• Francis James HURT (77)
• Conradus Erdkamp Erdkamp (0), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Elisabeth Clignet (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Adriaantje Louweris HUIJBREGTS, Westkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
• 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
• 1716 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1785)
• 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
• 1763 » Charles XIV John of Sweden († 1844)
• 1781 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author († 1831)
• 1813 » Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet († 1876)
• 1824 » Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist († 1888)
• 1832 » George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1924)
• 1842 » François Coppée, French poet and author († 1908)

• 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
• 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
• 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
• 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
• 1823 » Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
• 1824 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1831 » Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
• 1831 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
• 1849 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)

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)
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
• July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.

The temperature on January 26, 1776 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder.