About the day » Tuesday July 9, 1776Calender converter

• Anne MURKS, Wikel (Wijckel), Gaasterlân-Sleat, De Fryske Marren, Frieslân, Nederland
• Hendrika Gerrits van den Berg, Heerde († 1841)
• Hendrikjen Gerrits, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Bastiaans, Nuenen († 1854)
• Gisbert Wustenbergh, waanrode
• Cornelis de Bruin, Rotterdam († 1843)
• Gilles Antoine Toussaint, Chokier, België († 1813)
• Adrieana vaN Peet, Woerden († 1776)
• Fanny Palmer, Stonington, New London County, CT
• Gijsbertus van Doorn, Utrecht († 1834)

• Jaapkijn Houwen (0), Roswinkel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Corneliszoon BOOTS (51), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Lucas Geerts JAGER (2), Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Reinder Lakeman (66), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Fairchild (65), Hanover, Morris, New Jersey
• Catharina Blank (2), 's-Hertogenbosch 5212, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Grietje Meijns Calis (68)
• Grietje Margaretha Mensen Calis (68), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Snel (44), Nederhorst den Berg
• François Joseph DUMONT (90), Charleroi, 6000, Hainaut, Wallonie, BELGIQUE

• 1721 » Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and author († 1781)
• 1753 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland († 1825)
• 1764 » Ann Ward, English author and poet († 1823)
• 1775 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright († 1818)
• 1800 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist († 1885)
• 1808 » Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and colonel († 1887)
• 1819 » Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine († 1867)
• 1825 » A. C. Gibbs, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Oregon († 1886)
• 1828 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal († 1913)
• 1834 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist and poet († 1891)

• 1706 » Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain and explorer (b. 1661)
• 1737 » Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
• 1742 » John Oldmixon, English historian, poet, and playwright (b. 1673)
• 1746 » Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
• 1747 » Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1670)
• 1766 » Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
• 1795 » Henry Seymour Conway, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1721)
• 1797 » Edmund Burke, Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1729)
• 1828 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (b. 1789)
• 1850 » Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)

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)
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• 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.
• 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 July 9, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.