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• Aagchie de Vries, Den Helder († 1776)
• Adriaantje van Laar, Driebergen
• Aaltjen Willems Smit, Zwartsluis († 1858)
• Aaltje Koole, Leiden
• Abel Jansz Keppel, Medemblik († 1836)
• Aafke Lurks BEIMA, Zwagerveen († 1846)
• Aaltje Wouters van Doorn, Doorn
• Aaltjen Smit, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland († 1858)
• Adriaan van der Heijden, Oss
• Annigje Maasland, Ameide, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1831)

• Geeske (3)
• Anna Vroege (0), Asperen, Nederland
• Anna De Rop (42), Moorsel (Aalst), Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Hélène de Boischot (82), Wien
• Hendrik Jasperse van Dijke (43), Scherpenisse
• Jacobus Wiltse (46), Beekman, Dutchess, New York, United States
• Francois Louis Montaij (0), Inchy (F)
• Hilligje den Oudsten, Jaarsveld
• Georgius Henricus Josephus Groiffelt, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Petronella Lemmens (79)

• 1700 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint († 1760)
• 1799 » August Kopisch, German poet and painter († 1853)
• 1822 » Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt († 1896)
• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)

• 1685 » Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
• 1703 » Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1742 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
• 1746 » Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
• 1762 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
• 1799 » James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)

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)
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on May 26, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.