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• Cornelius Suijkerbuijk, Rucphen
• Anna Catharina Scheben, Gill, Kreis Neuss, Rheinland, Prussia († 1849)
• FRANCISCUS JOSEPHUS HAEGEN, Mechelen († 1841)
• Hijndricus Sengerink, Delden († 1781)
• Gerit Verhagen, Schijndel († 1829)
• Cornelia Westeneng, Leersum († 1821)
• Catharina Macke, Amsterdam
• Albert Francois EECKEMAN, Brugge,8000,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1826)
• Berdt van Beek, Langbroek
• Adrianus Sannen, Etten-Leur

• Christiaan Bellingwout (47)
• Adrianus Dirksz. Blanken (40)
• Grietje Rustenburg (64), Sijbekarspel, Nederland
• (levenloos), Bakel en Milheeze
• Hendrina van Breukelen (3), Rotterdam
• Adriaan_Nicolaszn. TEN HOVE (2)
• Bruno Remmers HARDERS (36), Leer, Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Charles-Philippe de LALAING (73), Paris, 75101, Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Johann Georg ZU STUBENBERG AUF KAPFENBERG (71), Graz, Steiermark, Austria
• Abel Hocking (46), Cornwall, England

• 1737 » Anton Losenko, Russian painter and academic († 1773)
• 1740 » Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer († 1802)
• 1744 » Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour († 1754)
• 1755 » Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire († 1773)
• 1782 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico († 1831)
• 1805 » Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic († 1875)
• 1809 » John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer († 1851)
• 1810 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy († 1861)
• 1814 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé († 1890)
• 1814 » John C. Pemberton, United States soldier and Confederate general († 1881)

• 1723 » Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1656)
• 1759 » Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
• 1784 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (b. 1713)
• 1796 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (b. 1759)
• 1802 » Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
• 1806 » Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)

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)
• January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
• 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.
• June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.

The temperature on August 10, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder weerlicht.