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• Botje Jacobse Bakker, Laren N.H
• Brand Lubbertsen, Ermelo-Tonsel († 1776)
• Adriana Post, Breda (RK dopen, Waterstraat)
• Anna Gertrudis Hellenbroich, Landkreis Düsseldorf, Rath, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Cornelia van Corven, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1778)
• Cornelia van Corvel, Hilvarenbeek
• Cornelia van der Lijke, Retranchement († 1804)
• Catharina Grotstoll, Duisburg, Rheinland († 1825)
• Adrianus VERBUNT, Riel, 4136, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Elisabeth Micchini, Maastricht († 1776)

• Andreas Jans Driessen (76), 't Clooster, Ambt Vollenhove, Overijssel, NL:
• Fiecke Wilkes Hoftingh (75), Onstwedde
• Barber Stalenburg (57)
• Balster Alberts (0), Eenrum, Gemeente De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands
• Helena Driessn (64)
• Frans Casimir Armand Herman Cesar Xavier Sigismund Peter van Reinach Vrijheer van Hirtzbach (65)
• Ebel Tjarks (49), Uithuizermeeden (Gr., NL)
• Étienne Desbiens (29), L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada
• Abraham Crama (78), Leiden
• Anna Catharina GEYSEN (76), Mol Belgie

• 1710 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist († 1736)
• 1720 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer († 1774)
• 1785 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist († 1863)
• 1809 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille († 1852)
• 1813 » Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator († 1897)
• 1832 » George Tryon, English admiral († 1893)
• 1838 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer († 1883)
• 1839 » Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer († 1896)
• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)

• 1695 » François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
• 1752 » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
• 1761 » Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
• 1782 » Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
• 1786 » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
• 1821 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)

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 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• 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.
• August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
• September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on January 4, 1776 was about 2.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.