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• Aaltje van Dorssen, Utrecht
• Anna Maria van Balkom, Berlicum, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• Adriaantje Klok, Katwijk aan Zee († 1848)
• Anna Catharina Monissen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1790)
• Aaltje Hendriksd de KIEFTE, Ameide († 1816)
• "Maria" Anna Maria Theodora Maria Gerardi Anna Maria, Berlicum, NL († 1847)
• Aaltje Hommes, Schildwolde († 1817)
• Anna Streuli (Straüli), Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland († 1839)
• Anne Koning, Sebaldeburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1848)
• Aaltje Hommes, Schildwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1817)

• Aafje Pieters Boeijer (3)
• John Setterfield (71), Preston, Kent
• Anna Catharina von Gernler (42), Versailles, Yvelines, France
• Cornelis Pietersz. Naijer
• Amy Newport, St Mary Bourne, Hampshire, England
• Janneke Deketh, Sloten, Fr, Nederland
• Corstiaan Pietersz Van NEDERPELT (2)
• Agnes Hillen (1), Bree
• Geert Geerts Oldenburg (35), Gasselternijveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius ROCKELOOS (29), WEZEMAAL

• 1755 » Rufus King, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1827)
• 1762 » Marcos Portugal, Portuguese organist and composer († 1830)
• 1775 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer († 1835)
• 1782 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian-Italian painter († 1836)
• 1796 » John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian businessman and politician († 1878)
• 1796 » Zulma Carraud, French author († 1889)
• 1803 » Egerton Ryerson, Canadian minister, educator, and politician († 1882)
• 1808 » Maria Malibran, Spanish-French soprano († 1836)
• 1809 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic († 1882)
• 1809 » Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author († 1837)

• 1684 » Elizabeth Ridgeway, English woman convicted of poisoning her husband
• 1684 » Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (b. 1629)
• 1773 » Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (b. 1694)
• 1776 » John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (b. 1693)
• 1824 » Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, French lawyer (b. 1753)
• 1838 » Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49)
• 1869 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, French-Russian general (b. 1779)
• 1881 » Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1817)
• 1882 » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)

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 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• 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 March 24, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.