About the day » Sunday March 24, 1776Calender converter

• Aleidis SCHOE(N)MAKER, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1857)
• Aalbert van Odijk, Woudenberg
• Adrianus van de Pas, Tilburg
• Anna Gray, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Anna Streuli (Straüli), Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland († 1839)
• Anna Maria van Balkom, Berlicum, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• Adriana Pluimert, Numansdorp († 1858)
• Anthonia Bokhorst, Deurne
• Aagje Jans van der Laan, St Annaparochie (BIL), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1841)
• Anna Gerardi van Balkom, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• Adrianus FRANKEN, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius ROCKELOOS (29), WEZEMAAL
• Maria van Loenen (10), Amsterdam
• Jan Jans (13)
• Mathias Huber (65), Vaskút, 6521, Magyarország
• Geert Klaasens Niemeijer (40), Annerveen
• Anna Catharina von Gernler (42), Versailles, Yvelines, France
• Helena (Lena) Adriaanse Hoogerheije (Hoogerhey, Hoogerije) (57), Kats, Zeeland, Nederland
• Geert Geerts Oldenburg (35), Gasselternijveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bryce MCLELLAN (84), Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, Verenigde Staten

• 1755 » Rufus King, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1827)
• 1762 » Marcos Portugal, Portuguese organist and composer († 1830)
• 1775 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer († 1835)
• 1782 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian-Italian painter († 1836)
• 1796 » John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian businessman and politician († 1878)
• 1796 » Zulma Carraud, French author († 1889)
• 1803 » Egerton Ryerson, Canadian minister, educator, and politician († 1882)
• 1808 » Maria Malibran, Spanish-French soprano († 1836)
• 1809 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic († 1882)
• 1809 » Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author († 1837)

• 1684 » Elizabeth Ridgeway, English woman convicted of poisoning her husband
• 1684 » Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (b. 1629)
• 1773 » Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (b. 1694)
• 1776 » John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (b. 1693)
• 1824 » Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, French lawyer (b. 1753)
• 1838 » Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49)
• 1869 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, French-Russian general (b. 1779)
• 1881 » Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1817)
• 1882 » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)

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. Klaas
15. John
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)
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.

The temperature on March 24, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.