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• Hoek, Kwadijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1776)
• Auke Oebeles van der Woude, Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• Bauke Jochems van der Vaart, Noordwolde († 1844)
• Allen Nance, Henry, Franklin County, Virginia, United States († 1836)
• Adrianus Boeren, Haeghe bij Breda (NL) († 1860)
• Alberdina Burgarda Rechteren van Hemert, de, Bronkhorst († 1839)
• Antonij Jacobs Hoorneman (Hoornemans), Voorst († 1816)
• Alberdina Burgarda de Rechteren van Hemert, Bronkhorst († 1839)
• Alberdina Burcharda de Rechteren van Hemert, Bronkhorst,Gemeente Bronckhorst,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1839)
• Antonia Plas, Zwolle († 1837)

• Antonia van Diepenbeek (6), Hoogeloon
• Antonia Joannes Diepenbeeck (6), Hapert
• Friedrich Hublitz (0), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Ebenezer Hitchcock (81), Springfiled, Hampden, MA
• Hoek (0), Kwadijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christine Sophia van Üchtritz (67), Berlijn
• Catharina Linssen Ingen Ael (61), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelius Verstappen (62), Aarle-Rixtel
• Ariaantje Naaktgeboren (78), ijsselmonde (zuid holland)
• ariaantje johannesdr NAAKTGEBOREN (79), ijsselmonde

• 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
• 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
• 1752 » John Nash, English architect († 1835)
• 1764 » Samuel Whitbread, English politician († 1815)
• 1779 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian († 1869)
• 1782 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1793 » Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire († 1847)
• 1815 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar († 1874)
• 1835 » César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic († 1918)
• 1840 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author († 1921)

• 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
• 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
• 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)

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. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
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)
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on January 18, 1776 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder.