About the day » Tuesday February 6, 1776Calender converter

• Alida Elisabeth Muntingh, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1829)
• Aukjen Ypes de Haan, Beetgum († 1854)
• Adriana (Anthonia) De Jong(h), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1843)
• Burg(h) Voogd, Schiedam († 1819)
• Barones Charlotte Frederica van Westerholl, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1858)
• Anne Halvorsdatter, Bø, Telemark, Norway
• Burgh Voogd, Schiedam († 1819)
• Abraham Bachman\Bauman († 1853)
• Alida Elisabeth Muntingh, Ede († 1829)
• Ariaantje Dirksdr. Ammerlaan, Schipluiden

• Adrianus (Adriaan) (Clavers, Klaver, Klaveren) Klavers (60)
• Anne POLLET (77), Anstaing, Nord, Frankrijk
• Dirk Hoek (83), Katwijk
• Aaltjke Jacobs Verhagen (81), Schiedam, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands
• Anne Catherine Marie Wernet (53)
• Adriaantje Millenaar (0), IJsselmonde, Holland (South), Netherlands
• Elisabeth Gijsen (Lijsbet) van der Tol (89), Vleuten, UTR, Nederland
• Francois Louis Pollet (64), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Ester Isaac Eizik Polido (75), Amsterdam
• Cornelis De Zeeuw (67)

• 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. 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)
• January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.

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