About the day » Sunday February 11, 1776Calender converter

• Zwaan, Leiderdorp
• Aaltje Hakkers, Baalder, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina De Becker, Pellenberg
• Albertje Fridzers Dijkstra, Niekerk, Oldekerk en Faan († 1813)
• Adriana Frederikse Grimm, Brouwershaven († 1854)
• Aaltjen Hendriks Hulsebosch, Holtheme
• Anna Francisca de Vriese, Dudzele († 1827)
• Adriana Koelenhoek, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1778)
• Adrianus Lips, Princenhage, Nederland
• adriaantje cornelisdr. BOENDER, oud-beijerland († 1776)

• Jan Crelis Mol (43)
• Geesjen Geerts Huistingh (10), Vlagtwedde
• Judoca Van Den Abbeele (70), Buggenhout
• Cornelius Elders (0), Warmenhuizen,Harenkarspel,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• MARGARET WOODCOCK (11), Crail, Fife, Scotland
• John Leyden (73), Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland
• Judoca Van den Abbeele (70), Buggenhout
• Dedde Sipkes, St. Nicolaasga, Friesland, Nederland
• Jean-François Béland (54), Neuville, St-François-de-Sales, Portneuf, Québec
• Johannes Riedesel (72), Aue, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1764 » Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright († 1811)
• 1776 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece († 1831)
• 1800 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype († 1877)
• 1802 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist († 1880)
• 1805 » Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer († 1866)
• 1812 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America († 1883)
• 1813 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic († 1865)
• 1821 » Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar († 1881)
• 1830 » Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer († 1913)
• 1833 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States († 1910)

• 1650 » René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
• 1755 » Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
• 1763 » William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
• 1795 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)

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. Klaas
15. John
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 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on February 11, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen.