About the day » Monday May 6, 1776Calender converter

• Cornelia van Schaik, Montfoort
• Aaltje van Steenis, Gemeente Tricht Gelderland, Nederland († 1840)
• Bastiaantje Bastiaansd Hordijk, Numansdorp, zh.nld
• Christine Koch, Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1835)
• Friederike Auguste Emilie Feuerlein, Stuttgart, Deutschland († 1816)
• Albertine Joseph Wartel, Templeuve, 59586, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk († 1858)
• Van Langenhove, Hamme († 1776)
• Evert Hendriksz Tromp, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Anna Maria van de Loo, Kessel († 1835)
• Bastiaantje Bastiaans Hordijk, Numansdorp, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1798)

• Anna Mortier (65), Wondelgem, België
• Antonius Aen Gen Stay (60), Arcen
• Derk Jan COLENBRANDER (38)
• Franciscus Thomas Peters (50), Vessem
• Guillaume Libbrecht, Bellegem
• Elisabeth Boelaert (43), Aaigem
• Gerarda Gerritjen Gartjen Heutink (34), Zwolle (Eibergen),, Overijssel, Nederland
• Jacob Graff (87), Ephrata Coister, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Writsers (81)
• Hendrik Bernard Martini (82), ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands

• 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
• 1758 » André Masséna, French general († 1817)
• 1758 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1824)
• 1769 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1781 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author († 1832)
• 1797 » Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer († 1882)
• 1800 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general († 1881)
• 1827 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician († 1891)
• 1836 » Max Eyth, German engineer and author († 1906)

• 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 » Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)

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)
• March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.

The temperature on May 6, 1776 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.