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• Amalie Riedesel, Wunderthausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1847)
• Aat Piers Jongsma, Hoitebuorren, Nijemirdum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Lootsman, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Blom, Gorinchem,Gemeente Gorinchem,South Holland,Netherlands
• Albert Bakker, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Blom, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexis Benoit, Yamachiche, St Maurice, Quebec, Canada
• Anna Gijsberts Roeten, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1808)
• Anna van Gink, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje de Liefde, Oud Loosdrecht (U) NL († 1798)

• (76), Glane, Bad Iburg, Osnabr
• Francois Vanoverbeke, Izegem
• Barbara Petronella Ramout (61), Oostkerke (Damme),, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Gossel Derks (44), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Jan Roelofs Harmens van Rein
• Barent Venneman, Nederländerna
• Jan van der Veer (7)
• Anna Catharina Schuer (60), Kwaadmechelen
• Christina Hansse (26), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Eli Joseph AZUBY (78), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)
• 1830 » Albert Bierstadt, American painter († 1902)
• 1831 » Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union († 1897)
• 1832 » James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria († 1908)

• 1694 » Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)

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)
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on January 7, 1776 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.