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• Anna Margrita Dammes, Rheinberg (Dld.) († 1859)
• Adriaan van OOIJ, Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Nederland († 1839)
• Count Franz of Waldstein-Wartenberg († 1795)
• Elisabeth HUYSDENS (HEUSDENS), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1836)
• Agnes Lelieveld, Zoeterwoude,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van der Elst, Pulderbos, Zandhoven, België
• Alexander De Winter, Beerzel, België
• Anna Katharina Euler, Momberg / Hessen († 1849)
• adrianus prins, vremde († 1777)
• adriana mol, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1827)

• Christina ? (56), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• DeboraH Jans Veeder (73), Fonda/Caughnawg
• Elisabeth Lijsje BOOMHOF (36), Hoorn
• gerardus van dijck (7), grubbenvorst
• Joannes Theodori van TRIER (61), Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jenneken Krieger Krijger (61), Aalten
• Elisabeth Schaumann (1), Laaspherhütte,Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aldegunda van Hoek (2), Boxmeer
• Catharina Van Reeth (82), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Daniel STROHL, Brumath,67170,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE

• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1786 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State († 1857)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1799 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter († 1852)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)

• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)

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)
• June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
• 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 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on December 12, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist.