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Born on Tuesday January 16, 1776
- Andreas Verlinden, Sint-Huibrechts-Lille († 1831)
- Cornelia Cunera Krook, Zevenhoven, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1812)
- Catharina Wilhelmina Diemers (Dimers, Kleve, DLD
- Cornelis Jarigs Blokmaker, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1833)
- Adrianus Pijnenborg, Drunen († 1835)
- Abraham Strickler (OHIO) (Coffman) Kauffman, Dunmore County, VA († 1837)
- Anna Catharina Vervoort, Westmeerbeek, 2235, België († 1840)
- Catherine Brabant dit Lamonthe, Les Cèdres, QC, Canada († 1810)
- Anna Maria Gertrud* Beste, Billerbeck († 1843)
- Cornelis Cornelisse Vrins, Zevenbergen († 1828)
Died on Tuesday January 16, 1776
- Arien Ellen (56), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anne MOUTRILLE (53), Champdôtre, 21130, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne
- Andries Aalbregtsen, Nieuw Zuiddorpepolder
- Cornelis Laurensz Schrama (62), Lisse
- catharina linssen (lins in gen ael) (61), blerick
- Cornelis Laurens Schrama (63), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Henry Legg (51), Beaminster, Dorset, England
- Cornelis Laurense 's Gravenmade (62), Lisse
- Cornelis Herweijer (78), Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Catharina Gerritsdr Grootenboer (35), Klundert
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 16, 1776 at Delpher
Born on January 16
- 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
- 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
- 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
- 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
- 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
- 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
- 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
- 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
- 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)
- 1851 » William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)
Died on January 16
- 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
- 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
- 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
- 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
- 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
- 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
- 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
- 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
- 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
- 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)
Names that were popular for boys in 1776
- Jan
- Pieter
- Hendrik
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Jacob
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Dirk
- John
- Klaas
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1776
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Marie
- Joanna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Grietje
- Elizabeth
- Aaltje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Mary
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1776
- 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
- March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
- April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
- September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
- September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
- November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
Weather January 16, 1776
The temperature on January 16, 1776 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken.