About the day » Friday April 19, 1776Calender converter

• Catherina Kellens, Overrepen-Tongeren
• Anne Baudry, Courpignac, 17130, France
• Felicien Joseph Leblond, Bauffe,7870,Hainaut,BE
• Elsabeen Heyen, Völlen († 1780)
• Gerrit Huijgen, Bunschoten,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Grietje Lambrecht, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Derk Hendrik Rietman, markelo († 1805)
• Amandus BRUSSELMAN, Aspelare,9404,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1839)
• Evert Teunisz Scherpenzeel, Langbroek († 1828)
• Arnoldus Wessels, Druten

• Edward Miles Mihil MIEL (70), Market Lavington, Wiltshire, England
• Jan Janse de Jong (81), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria De Schrijvere, Lichtervelde,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Geertjen BERENTS (11), Delfzijl
• Aagtje Biesheuvel (32)
• Albert Jans Popken (56), Yde, Vries
• Hepzibah Newton (59), Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Henricus Suilen Suylen (50), Heel
• Jan Janse De Jongh (81), Woerden
• Jacob Yaakov EMDEN (78), Altona, Hamburg. (now Germany)

• 1721 » Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician († 1793)
• 1734 » Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer († 1786)
• 1757 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician († 1833)
• 1758 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral († 1831)
• 1785 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1787 » Deaf Smith, American soldier († 1837)
• 1793 » Ferdinand I of Austria († 1875)
• 1806 » Sarah Bagley, American labor organizer († 1889)
• 1814 » Louis Amédée Achard, French journalist and author († 1875)
• 1832 » José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)

• 1733 » Elizabeth Hamilton, countess of Orkney (b. 1657)
• 1739 » Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
• 1768 » Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1697)
• 1776 » Jacob Emden, German rabbi and author (b. 1697)
• 1791 » Richard Price, Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (b. 1745)
• 1824 » Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788)
• 1831 » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1765)
• 1833 » James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1756)
• 1840 » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (b. 1777)

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. 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 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

The temperature on April 19, 1776 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.