About the day » Wednesday April 10, 1776Calender converter

• Benjamin Lincoln, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States († 1858)
• Aaltjen Andries, Noordwolde († 1813)
• Antonius van Gelderen, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1780)
• Aaltje Abels Kortstra, Nijholtpade, Friesland, Nederland († 1854)
• Barbara Hochlander, New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States († 1856)
• Aaltje Abeles Kortstra, Nijeholtpade, Friesland, Netherlands († 1854)
• Bethia Lain, Minisink, Orange, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1870)
• Cornelia Osseblock, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1842)
• Cornelis Kalkers, Kuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus van de Schoot, Eindhoven, NL

• Alexander Hilarius Potulicky (54), Gdansk (Danzig), Pommeren, Polen
• Egidius Van Goethem (63), Hamme
• Catharina Van Raemdonck (82), Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Anna Maria Malfait (52), Machelen, 9870, Zulte, Oost Vlaanderen
• Elisabeth Leendertsdr. Kokshoorn (3), Voorburg, ZH, Nederland
• Aelbert Paulusz. van der Meij (57), Rijnsburg
• Albertus van der Meij (57), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aelbert Paulusz van der Meij (57), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Joannes DAMEN, Hilvarenbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catrina Claasen, Amsterdam

• 1713 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker († 1788)
• 1755 » Samuel Hahnemann, German-French physician and academic († 1843)
• 1762 » Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic († 1834)
• 1769 » Jean Lannes, French marshal († 1809)
• 1778 » William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic († 1830)
• 1794 » Matthew C. Perry, English-Scottish American commander († 1858)
• 1806 » Juliette Drouet, French actress († 1883)
• 1806 » Leonidas Polk, Scottish-American general and bishop († 1884)
• 1827 » Lew Wallace, American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory († 1905)
• 1829 » William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army († 1912)

• 1667 » Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and author (b. 1595)
• 1704 » William Egon of Fürstenberg, German cardinal (b. 1629)
• 1756 » Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (b. 1661)
• 1760 » Jean Lebeuf, French historian and author (b. 1687)
• 1786 » John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1723)
• 1806 » Horatio Gates, English-American general (b. 1727)
• 1813 » Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
• 1823 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)
• 1871 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)
• 1904 » Isabella II, Spanish queen (b. 1830)

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. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
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)
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.

The temperature on April 10, 1776 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.