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• Cornelia Ariese van der Loos, Ter Aar (Korteraar)
• Adrianus Johannes van Tongeren, Gemeente Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)
• Casper van der Vring, Woerden (UTR) The Netherlands († 1812)
• Daniel Lewis, Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1814)
• Benoit Baudry, Viry Noureuil, 02300, France
• Cornelis de Groot, Oisterwijk († 1866)
• Adam Feuring, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1843)
• Celia Johnson, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States († 1833)
• Crelis Berkhout, Wervershoof
• Anna ter Bekke, Haaksbergen († 1807)

• Catharina Frank (8), Eich
• Grietie Harms Sputter (2), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Dijna Leendertsdr. Kievit (1)
• Jan Aarts Slijkhuis (46), Epe
• Aeltie Cornelissen (83), Harderwijk
• Anna Maria Eudenbach (66), Bremscheid, Waldbreitbach, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Deutschland
• Barbara Amelse van der Heeden (74), Benschop
• Jannetje van Rumpt (40), Lexmond
• Adelheidis Margaretha Harmens (65), Aurich, De
• Elisabet MARCUS (38)

• 1767 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician († 1830)
• 1768 » Frederick William, ruler of Nassau-Weilburg († 1816)
• 1772 » Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat († 1813)
• 1772 » Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist († 1857)
• 1779 » Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Spanish artillery captain († 1808)
• 1781 » Friedrich von Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist († 1876)
• 1782 » Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts († 1868)
• 1789 » Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman († 1852)
• 1789 » Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer († 1875)
• 1790 » Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor († 1878)

• 1683 » William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)
• 1733 » Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1667)
• 1757 » Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (b. 1672)
• 1760 » George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1806 » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)
• 1826 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)
• 1833 » Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
• 1852 » John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)

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)
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• 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 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.

The temperature on October 25, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.