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• Clara Stals, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Maes (Maas), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1842)
• Catharina Maters, Bemmel
• Anna Maria Dix, Duistervoorde
• Aldegonde Peeters, Maasbree († 1808)
• Anna Jacobusd Noteboom, Leeuwarden, fr.nld († 1776)
• Candace Buffum, USA
• Abraham Jonkheer Gevers Deynoot, Rotterdam († 1845)
• Auke Koenes, Meeden, gemeente Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1817)
• Amélie Esterhazy de Galantha († 1817)

• Claude VARROY (70), Derbamont
• Antoinette DELMOTTE (81), Anderlues, 6150, Hainaut, Belgique
• Annetje van Bergen (84), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christophorus Willem van Haren (89), Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Runyon (71), Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Catharina Kogel (50)
• Arie Fransz Ketting (60), Dinteloord
• Catharina Schreurs (77), Sint Odiliënberg, Nederland
• Arentje Gerritsdr Taal (54), Scheveningen
• Arentje Gerritsdr Taal (52), Scheveningen, Nederland

• 1718 » Paul Rabaut, French pastor († 1794)
• 1737 » Thomas Paine, prominent for publishing Common Sense (1776), which established him as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States († 1809)
• 1749 » Christian VII of Denmark († 1808)
• 1754 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio († 1806)
• 1756 » Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia († 1818)
• 1761 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1849)
• 1782 » Daniel Auber, French composer († 1871)
• 1801 » Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor († 1857)
• 1810 » Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic († 1893)
• 1810 » Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter († 1862)

• 1678 » Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
• 1706 » Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
• 1737 » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
• 1743 » André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)

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)
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
• 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 29, 1776 was about -10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder.