About the day » Wednesday December 11, 1776Calender converter

• Berent Hermanus Zwaagman, Rinsumageest, Nederland († 1837)
• Andries Moerbeek, Haarlem
• Anna Maria Verhoeven, Warbeyen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Cornelia Reijniers, Cuijk († 1831)
• Ann Simons († 1840)
• Darius Olmsted († 1825)
• Antje de Ruijter, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1779)
• Cornelia Hermans, Vlijtingen, Riemst, België († 1854)
• Anna_Katrina Kaselits, Amsterdam, Noorder Kerk
• Cornelia Dirks Knook, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1811)

• Bastiaan Jansz van den Bosch (63), 's-Gravenzande
• Gaken Brummelhuis (61), Haaksbergen
• Anna Vermassen (60), Balegem
• Gerrit ten Brummelhuis, Haaksbergen
• Anna Joppen
• Emerentia Aarten Schuuring (35), Laren N.H.
• Albertine Joseph Le Rouge (0), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Emmetje Aerts Schuring (36), Laren
• Anna Catharina Wauters (5), Schriek, Antwerp, Belgium
• Arnold Cortleven, Uikhoven. be

• 1725 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician († 1792)
• 1758 » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator († 1832)
• 1761 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist († 1835)
• 1781 » David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1868)
• 1801 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright († 1836)
• 1803 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic († 1869)
• 1810 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist († 1857)
• 1830 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii († 1872)
• 1837 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer († 1887)
• 1838 » John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman († 1915)

• 1686 » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)
• 1694 » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
• 1737 » John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)
• 1747 » Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)
• 1797 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)

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 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• 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 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on December 11, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist.