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• Hiltje Bartelds (Bartles, Bartels) Meilof (Meelof), Munnekeburen, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1858)
• Adriana Maria van Tulder, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brigitta Vansteenlandt, Zwevezele ( Wingene ) 8750, W-VL, Belgïe († 1827)
• Henriette van den Beucken, Helden († 1830)
• Antonius van Eijck, Bokhoven († 1806)
• Aafke Lurks Bijma (Beima), Westergeest († 1846)
• Aafke Lurks Beima (Bijma), Westergeest († 1846)
• Alexander Jan Baptist Beernaert, Leke,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Geesje Hendriks, Wolvega
• Hendrina van den Beucken, Helden (Eindt) († 1830)

• Franciscus Van De Vijver (0), Koewacht Nederland
• Dirkje Claasz van Soest (52), Breukelen
• Hendrik Jans (32), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Hendrika Geurts (41), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Maartje Post (82), Kethel, Nederland
• Henry (Sir)(1st Baronet Cavendish of Abercorn and Doveridge Hall) CAVENDISH (69)
• Johannes Bernardus van Houten (30), Den Helder
• Johann Christoph Knechtel (73), Prachen
• Derk Steck (43), Rozendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Maartje Pietersdr. Post (82), Kethel, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1725 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire († 1795)
• 1732 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop († 1812)
• 1753 » Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician († 1793)
• 1754 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator († 1817)
• 1773 » Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic († 1853)
• 1801 » Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar († 1887)
• 1815 » Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania († 1906)
• 1818 » John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts († 1867)
• 1819 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist († 1892)
• 1827 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine († 1903)

• 1740 » Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
• 1747 » Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
• 1809 » Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
• 1809 » Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)

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)
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.

The temperature on May 31, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. There was 154 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.