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• Adriana Schepers, Nieuwmoer (B) († 1849)
• Bernardus Vanraefelghem, Snellegem († 1858)
• Angelina Theuns, Kalmthout († 1815)
• Carolina Virginia Maryland Frye, London, City of London, Greater London, England († 1862)
• Adriana Vincent (geboren Schepers), Nieuwmoer, België († 1849)
• Bernardus VAN RAFELGHEM, Snellegem Belgiie († 1858)
• Antje Dijkstra, Wierum († 1848)
• Benjamin Akerman, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten († 1867)
• Aldegonda van Horrik, Someren
• Anna Hensen, Rhede († 1817)

• Elsje (Jansz van Rensburg Elsie van Rensburg van der Merwe) Janse van Rensburg (64), Tulbagh, Cape Province
• Cornelis (ook: Cornelius) Kuijstermans ( Costermans)ook: (41), Oudenbosch
• Cornelis Christianus Costermans (81), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean Jacques Lefebvre, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgique
• Joseph Crocker (22), Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Georg Michael Bonhoeffer (74)
• Agnes Theresia DE WITTE (91), Aartrijke,8211,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Jan Baptist (Joannes) VAN DEN Broeck (35), VORSELAAR
• Janna Tholen (31), Gro√üefehn, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• John Jackson Bradley (70), Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

• 1728 » Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy († 1810)
• 1743 » Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator († 1818)
• 1781 » Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher († 1848)
• 1792 » Joseph Crosfield, English businessman († 1844)
• 1795 » Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax († 1873)
• 1803 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter († 1844)
• 1816 » Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary († 1885)
• 1817 » Catherine Cooper Hopley, British author and naturalist († 1911)
• 1820 » David Wilber, American lawyer and politician († 1890)
• 1824 » Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author († 1908)

• 1714 » Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)
• 1740 » Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1777 » Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
• 1802 » Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)
• 1805 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)
• 1813 » Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)
• 1827 » William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
• 1848 » Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)
• 1861 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
• 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (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)
• January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• 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.

The temperature on October 5, 1776 was about 13.0 °C. Weather type: omtrent helder.