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• Charlotte Victoire Dalloyeau, Droué (28) († 1842)
• Aaltje van den Brink, Vaassen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1853)
• Arien Jol, Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• Aagje de Matter, Leiden
• Barbara Constantia Debruine, Klerken
• Arien Jol, Warmenhuizen († 1853)
• Catriena Maaria Heere, Amsterdam, NH Nederland
• Anne Marie SPANNAGEL, Katzenthal, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Abraham Herbster, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Tuiman (Tuynman), Gouda (St.Jan)

• Elisabeth Booms (36), Delft,-
• Berent ten Dam (66), Winterswijk
• Fredrik van 't Hof (25)
• Cornelis de RONDE
• Cornelis Janszn Spaargaren, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Theunis de Boer (1)
• Guillaume Charles DORIGNE (53), Saint-Martin-sur-Oust, 56200, France
• Cornelis van Vollenhoven
• Jan VAN HECKE (33), Waarschoot,9950,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Dirkje Kemp van der (41), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland

• 1761 » Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat († 1828)
• 1779 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general († 1869)
• 1780 » Lucy Barnes, American writer († 1809)
• 1785 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor († 1857)
• 1787 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer († 1826)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator († 1861)
• 1812 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company († 1895)
• 1817 » Princess Clémentine of Orléans († 1907)
• 1818 » William Claflin, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts († 1905)
• 1823 » Charles I of Württemberg († 1891)

• 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
• 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
• 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
• 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)

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)
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

The temperature on March 6, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.