About the day » Wednesday November 6, 1776Calender converter

• Abraham van der Reijden, Leiden
• Aldegundis Schellens, Eersel
• ANNE MARIE JORIS, Westmalle
• Taymans Joannes Baptist, Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen, België
• Adriaan Jans GROOT, DE, Westzaan, Zaanstad,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1829)
• Barbara Hilbe († 1850)
• Antonia Koekenberg, Amersfoort
• Alida de Jong, Vlaardingen
• Anna Maria Pollet, Vurstel Oost-Vlaanderen († 1821)
• Adrianus van Dijk, Tilburg, Nederland

• Aaltje Aarts van der Hout (1), Woerden
• Cornelis Baas, Capelle aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Maaskamp (0), Vollenhove
• Jakle Piers (89), Makkum, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Wunderlich (2), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jakle (Jackle, Jacle) Piers (Peers) (86), Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Coppelmans (59), Zeelst
• George Thornton (2), Spotsylvania County, St Georges Parish, Virginia, United States
• Andreas Vanhove (48), Langemark
• Cornelius Waldo (64), Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

• 1814 » Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone († 1894)
• 1841 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician († 1915)
• 1851 » Charles Dow, American journalist and economist († 1902)
• 1854 » John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader († 1932)
• 1861 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball († 1939)
• 1880 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company († 1967)
• 1884 » May Brahe, Australian composer († 1956)
• 1885 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1935)
• 1887 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager († 1946)
• 1897 » Jack O'Connor, English cricketer († 1977)

• 1656 » Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)
• 1672 » Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)
• 1692 » Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
• 1752 » Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
• 1816 » Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death (b. 1752)
• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)

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. John
15. Klaas
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 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
• May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
• 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 November 6, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.