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• Aafke Kornelis, Gorredijk, Opsterland
• Bernardus Boodts, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Arie Dirksz van Wijen, Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Catharine Adamson Johnson
• Bastiaan Jr den Boer, Hooge Zwaluwe
• Anna Cornelia Rijns, 's Hertogenbosch († 1821)
• Bartel (Boogert) Boogaart, Sint Maartensdijk (inschrijving) († 1851)
• Cornelis van Doorn, Simonshaven († 1828)
• Adrianus van der Harst, Den Haag († 1841)
• Anna Cornelia Reijns, 's Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1821)

• Dirk Dirksz (den Jonge) Verloop (54), Piershil, Nederland
• Dirk Verloop (54), Piershil
• Carolus Vergauwen (64), Bazel
• Adriana van der WEGEN (53), Halsteren (N.Br. Nl.)
• cornelis willems COCK (75), ijsselmonde
• Cornelis Jans Lingen (85), Capell aan de Ijssel
• Elisabet de CRAMER Hdr (70), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Cornelia Coelenhoek (38), Rotterdam, L. Baanstraat boven Roo Leeuw
• Bartel Boogaart (9)
• Adam Jans Spanhaak (71)

• 1752 » Gouverneur Morris, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France († 1816)
• 1759 » François Devienne, French flute player and composer († 1803)
• 1769 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute († 1823)
• 1785 » Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, Czech cook book author († 1845)
• 1797 » Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer († 1828)
• 1799 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist († 1846)
• 1820 » William B. Washburn, American politician, 28th Governor of Massachusetts († 1887)
• 1835 » Lunalilo of Hawaii († 1874)
• 1854 » David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1865 » Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist († 1940)

• 1720 » Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1654)
• 1729 » Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
• 1736 » Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect and set designer, designed the Basilica of Superga (b. 1678)
• 1790 » Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)
• 1794 » Mariot Arbuthnot, English admiral and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1711)
• 1811 » Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (b. 1763)
• 1815 » José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)
• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)

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)
• January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• 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.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on January 31, 1776 was about -7.0 °C. Weather type: helder.