About the day » Sunday September 29, 1776Calender converter

• Aagje Nieuwland, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1777)
• Antje Klaasdr, Egmond aan Zee
• Anna Jans de Ruiter, ,,, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1859)
• Aagje Nieuwland, Naaldwijk
• Aagje Razenberg
• Abraham van Harberden, Zwammerdam
• Aagje Langemuur, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Limburg, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1782)
• Aldegundis van den Cruce, Heythuysen († 1828)
• Anne Catherine MARECHAL, BASSE-BODEUX (Lavaux), Liège, Belgique

• Louis PENISSON (56), Noirmoutier-en-l'île, 85330, France
• Gerritdina Lusink (1), Bathmen
• Huijg van der Plas (78)
• Martin Beam (4), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Huijg van der Plas (78), Katwijk
• Willem Steenbergen (86), De Wijk (Drenthe)
• Joannes Baptista Semoleyn (53), Vinderhoute, 9921, België
• Livinus VAN de GEHUCHTE (74), Mariakerke,9030,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Johan Philips Vrijheer van Beust (70), Kulmbach, Oberfranken, Beieren
• Henry Arbous (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1725 » Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire († 1774)
• 1758 » Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral († 1805)
• 1766 » Charlotte, Princess Royal of England († 1828)
• 1786 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Mexico († 1843)
• 1803 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist († 1850)
• 1803 » Mercator Cooper, American captain and explorer († 1872)
• 1808 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician († 1868)
• 1810 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author († 1865)
• 1816 » Paul Féval, père, French author and playwright († 1887)
• 1832 » Joachim Oppenheim, rabbi and author († 1891)

• 1703 » Charles de Saint-Évremond, French-English soldier, author, and critic (b. 1610)
• 1800 » Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
• 1833 » Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)

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)
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• 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.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
• 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.

The temperature on September 29, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.