About the day » Thursday September 26, 1776Calender converter

• Arnoldus Elaerts († 1828)
• Carolus Philippus Meheus, Dentergem, België
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Bauweleers, Wespelaar, Vlaams Brabant, Belgie
• Elizabeth Klinker Ruth
• Florentine EEUWANTS, Vlissegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• bastiaan vliegvis, middelharnis (goeree overflakkee) († 1845)
• Adolph(us) Cornelius Zerben, Namen (België) († 1855)
• Christopher Ernst Ditlev Reventlow, Christianss�de (Tostrup) Sk�rringe (Fuglse H., Maribo) († 1781)
• Dirk Hoolwerf, Bunschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Abraham Lehman Denlinger

• Egge Tammes Huisinga (42)
• Gerardus Nahuys (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Gerardus NAHUIJS (81), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Geesjen Berents Gerrits (5)
• aaltje cornelisdr molendijk (78), 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Gerardus Nahuys (81), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Cornelis Buysse (0), Oostacker (B)
• Aaltje Cornelis MOLENDIJK (78), 's-Gravendeel
• Abigail Margaret King (38), Rahway, Essex, New Jersey, United States
• Albertus Carolus Merlevede (58), Lo-Reninge (Reninge), West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1711 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty († 1779)
• 1750 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral († 1810)
• 1758 » Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician († 1820)
• 1767 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor († 1835)
• 1774 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist († 1845)
• 1783 » Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure († 1858)
• 1791 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer († 1824)
• 1792 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand († 1842)
• 1820 » Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic († 1891)
• 1840 » Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec († 1923)

• 1716 » Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
• 1764 » Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
• 1800 » William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)
• 1802 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)

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)
• May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• 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 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

The temperature on September 26, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen.