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• Cathelijna van Luijk, Stavenisse
• Catharina Welters, Maastricht († 1827)
• Anna Tecla Heümann, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Antonius Adrianus Driebeek, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1814)
• Cornelia Meijers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1795)
• Anna Maria Meijer (Rijken), Druten (Puiflijk), GLD, NL
• Agnes ♀ Burgemeester, Utrecht, Nederland († 1847)
• Andreas Joannes Knippenbergh, Horn
• Alida Baars, Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Arnoldus Coppens, Brugge-St-Kruis († 1834)

• Frederik Lodewijk Karel van Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg (74), Bückeburg, Nedersaksen
• Cent Engelsz Visbeen (10), Egmond aan de Hoef (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Cornelius Jacobus Bax (74), Essen (B)
• Frederik Karel Lodewijk van Schaumburg-Lippe (74), B�ckeburg (DE)
• Christine Maria Daser (63), Anhausen (heute Herbrechtingen/Heidenheim-D)
• Cornelis Jacobs Bakx (74), Nispen (B)
• Cathelina van Luijk (1), Stavenisse
• Cornelis Jacobus Jacobs Backx (74), Essen
• Bernhardus Scheltens (2), Groningen
• Cornelia Pietersd Hoogeveen (67), Delft, zh.nld

• 1735 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1811)
• 1746 » William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar († 1794)
• 1765 » Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg († 1814)
• 1803 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author († 1870)
• 1809 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist († 1899)
• 1819 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher († 1885)
• 1821 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician († 1874)
• 1823 » Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator († 1889)
• 1824 » Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic († 1897)
• 1836 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock († 1910)

• 1687 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
• 1694 » Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
• 1702 » Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
• 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)

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 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 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on September 28, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.