About the day » Monday May 13, 1776Calender converter

• Bessel Frens, Elspeet († 1851)
• Bessel Johannessen Frens, Elspeet († 1851)
• Artemas Brigham, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States († 1862)
• Count Antonius of Rechberg und Rothenlöwen, Donzdorf († 1837)
• Abram Cockefair, Stone House Plains, New Jersey
• Arij Guijs, Sliedrecht
• Arij van der Stelt, geervliet (zuid holland) († 1841)
• Berendina Jacobs, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1810)
• Cornelia Janse Theune, Westkapelle-binnen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antonius Rongen, Cuijk

• arye KUIJPER (67), zuidland
• Hubertus Goedbier (3), Nordstrand
• anna maria hoosemans (49), hilvarenbeek
• Levenloos Kind Kossen (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Margaretha Stoll (87)
• arie willemsz kuiper (67), zuidland (zuid holland)
• Johannes Klinkert (68), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adamus Wouter Antonis (53), Hapert
• Arie Willems Kuijper (67), Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Irmina Catharina Reinardt (60), Trier, Dld

• 1730 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1782)
• 1735 » Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer († 1821)
• 1742 » Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen († 1798)
• 1753 » Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1823)
• 1792 » Pope Pius IX († 1878)
• 1794 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter († 1835)
• 1795 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist († 1875)
• 1811 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1859)
• 1822 » Francis, Duke of Cádiz († 1902)
• 1830 » Zebulon Baird Vance, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of North Carolina († 1894)

• 1704 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b. 1632)
• 1726 » Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b. 1659)
• 1782 » Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
• 1807 » Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)

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. 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)
• 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.
• 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 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on May 13, 1776 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.