About the day » Saturday March 23, 1776Calender converter

• Abraham Van DYKE, Bedminster, Sommerset County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1854)
• Aaltjen Reijerssen, Doornspijk, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alijda Butselaar, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Wilhelmus Vermeulen, Huissen
• Antonius Maarschalkerweerd, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1829)
• Anna Eversdijk
• Agatha GÅ ??????GattyGÅ ??????à????????????? GURNEY, Norwich, Norfolk, England († 1847)
• Anthonie Maarschalkerwaard, Schalkwijk († 1829)
• Arnoldus Arjens van Balen, Warga († 1823)
• Aaltje Reijers Rosenboom, Doornspijk

• Catharina Maria Schnetberg (76), Holsten-Mündrup, Fürstbistum Osnabrück
• Catharina van Foreest (41), 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• François René Tessier dit Major (50), Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada
• Deliana Hamel (86), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Catharina Marie Schnetberg (76), Bissendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Jean BORE (59), (La Pommeraye) Mauges-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Jasper Claasse van der Meulen (80)
• Elisabeth Vonken (Vonk(e)), Zeddam
• Jan Willems ELVEN, VAN (0), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina jkvr van Foreest (41)

• 1732 » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France († 1800)
• 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
• 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
• 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
• 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
• 1769 » William Smith, English geologist and cartographer († 1839)
• 1823 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States († 1885)
• 1826 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer († 1917)
• 1834 » Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1838 » Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist († 1908)

• 1680 » Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
• 1742 » Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
• 1747 » Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
• 1748 » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
• 1783 » Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (b. 1723)
• 1792 » Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (b. 1713)
• 1801 » Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)

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. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
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.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• 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 March 23, 1776 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.