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• Adriaantje van Teunenbroek, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1858)
• Angeniet Baks, Wijk en Aalburg
• AREND DE BRUIN, MONSTER († 1836)
• Aaron Grover, unbekannt († 1860)
• Anna Andries Todde († 1833)
• Anna Maria SCHRIJNEMAEKERS, Sint Pieter, Limburg, Nederland († 1836)
• Aaltje Klassdr Klooster? Aaltje Groot, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1848)
• Amandus Goetghebeur, Wingene
• Anna VAN SPRAKELAAR, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida de Bosson, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Catherine Arnold (85), Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America
• "Margaretha" Bisschops (94), Hoensbroek, Gemeente Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth De Wachter (93), Boom, 2850, België
• Daniel Jan Neelen Brock (75), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Worthington (58)
• Jannis (1), Helden
• Abraham Jacobsz de Groene (0), Nieuw Vossemeer
• Cornelia Kerkhof (2), Jutphaas
• Cornelia Willemsdr van der Kruijt (65), zwijndrecht (zuid holland)
• Anna Francisca Bufkens, Ronse

• 1745 » Anthony Wayne, American general and politician († 1796)
• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)
• 1806 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player († 1853)
• 1809 » Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist († 1880)
• 1813 » George Bliss, American politician († 1868)

• 1697 » Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)
• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)

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)
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• 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.
• 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 January 1, 1776 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.