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• Aukjen Ypes de Haan, Beetgum († 1854)
• (Fran√ßois) Joseph FRITSCH, Wahlbach (68130, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1814)
• Anna Catharina Meerink, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• , Sijsele, België
• Aukje Ypes de Haan, Beetgum († 1854)
• Anna Gertrudis Steven, Ophoven
• Charlotte Frederica van Westerholl, Vorden,Gelderland,Nederland († 1858)
• Arnoldus Bogaarts, Steenbergen (RK dopen)
• Alida Elisabeth Muntingh, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1829)
• Catharina Heinrike Elisabeth Bonhoeffer, Hall

• Geertje Onderwater (79)
• Dirk Hendriksz Hoek (83), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus Beuijssen (70), Horst, Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus (Adriaan) (Clavers, Klaver, Klaveren) Klavers (60)
• Adrianus Joannes (Klevers) Clavers (59), Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ester Isaac Eizik Polido (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Catherine Marie Wernet (53)
• Bartholomeus van Gent (62), Wageningen
• Elisabeth Gijsen van der Tol (89), Vleuten-De Meern, Utrecht, Nederland
• Franciscus Beuijsen (71), Horst

• 1753 » Évariste de Parny, French poet and author († 1814)
• 1756 » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States († 1836)
• 1758 » Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician († 1841)
• 1769 » Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general († 1862)
• 1772 » George Murray, Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies († 1830)
• 1778 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet († 1827)
• 1781 » John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia († 1844)
• 1796 » John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist († 1861)
• 1797 » Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia († 1853)
• 1799 » Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist († 1870)

• 1695 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
• 1775 » William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)
• 1783 » Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)

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 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
• December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

The temperature on February 6, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.