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• Conradus Kooge (Cooge, Koogh), Amsterdam
• Douwe Jans [Jongsma], de Streek onder Betterwird († 1809)
• Egbert Wevers, Lemele († 1853)
• Gerritje van den Broek, Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1860)
• Aaron Goforth († 1811)
• Bernardus Henricus van Boekel, Boxmeer
• Anne Mcdonald, Inverness,Inverness,Scotland
• Adriana Priel, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1812)
• Egbert Wevers, Ommen-Ambt († 1853)
• Douwe Jans Jongsma, Betterwird, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1809)

• Catharina Biljon (Baljon), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel de oude van de Wege, Terneuzen
• Catharina Scheers (69), Rotterdam
• Ariaentje Crijne Langerveld (92), Schiedam
• Derk Everts Zuidhof (38), Kantens
• Daniel Jansz van de Wege (79), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje van de Weijde (71), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Collinius (73)
• Daniel van de Weege (79), Gemeente Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christianus LIEBEN (62), Rijkhoven (Limburg), België

• 1741 » Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author († 1783)
• 1755 » Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral († 1824)
• 1762 » Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist († 1842)
• 1775 » André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician († 1836)
• 1781 » Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician († 1848)
• 1783 » Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer († 1860)
• 1799 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas († 1858)
• 1804 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician († 1857)
• 1812 » Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer († 1896)
• 1814 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso († 1868)

• 1707 » Humphrey Hody, English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)
• 1709 » François de la Chaise, French priest (b. 1624)
• 1751 » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
• 1779 » David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)
• 1810 » Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1819 » Charles IV, Spanish king (b. 1748)
• 1837 » John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1841 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)

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 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• 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.
• June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
• July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

The temperature on January 20, 1776 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder.