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• Floris van Veen
• Frans HEDDES, Wadwaij
• Femme Johannes de Lange, Lemmer
• Catherine Rech, Hersberg,Echternach,Luxemburg († 1815)
• Berber Reinders, St. Annaparochie († 1822)
• Christiaan Temper, Hoorn († 1851)
• Elias Kerr, New Jersey, United States († 1832)
• andré RAGONNAUD, celles (17) († 1839)
• Cornelia Van Dalen, Wamel-Leeuwen (West Maas en Waal) († 1845)
• Elisabeth Huijsmans, Bergeijk († 1831)

• Anna Jacoba Edel, Amsterdam
• Carola Step (46), Moorsel
• Grietien Gommers (35), Schoonebeek
• Annetje Pietersdr Huijser (75), Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Nederland
• (355) Anne Henriette LASNE (54), Sury-près-Léré, 18240, Centre, FRANCE
• Elisabeth Guns, Kalmthout, OLV-kerk, 2920, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Gerrit Wagenvoort (83), Vorden
• Anthonius Godefridus (Anthonie) Koppers Coppens (59), Helmond
• Abram Cochran (46), New Boston, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
• Angela WILLEMS (66), Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1716 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1778)
• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)

• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)

• 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)
• January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• 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 15, 1776 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken.