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• Ate Hoites Zijlstra, Leeuwarden († 1829)
• Aalbert Gijsberts Plantagie, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ate Hoytes Zijlstra, Leeuwarden
• Antonetta Piek, Bredevoort
• Atje Sybrens Lantinga, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbertje - Willems Buitenhuis, Barneveld {GE} († 1849)
• Catharina Eritkamp, Hassum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1811)
• Adrianus den Reijer, Made
• Auguste Louis François de La Tour du Pin Verclause, Le Vigan, Gard, France († 1848)
• Aaron Barendsz Romijn, Leiden

• Johannes Leendert Peeters van de Vorst (61), Helmond,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Johannes Peeters (61), Helmond, Nederland
• Aily Colson (67), Amry, Oupeye, België
• Henricus Adrianus Haenen, Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Johann Bernhard Kemme (Meyer) (9)
• Anne ZOLET (26), Amry, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Catharina Elisabeth Plantholt (75), Hagen Natrup-Hagen, Fürstbistum Osnabrück
• Gerrit Kolthof, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacob RENGERS (43), 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland
• Jannigje Rijks van de Clingerbeek (37), AMERONGEN (Utrechtse Heuvelrug), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1732 » John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania († 1808)
• 1760 » Jiaqing Emperor of China († 1820)
• 1761 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician († 1809)
• 1780 » Ranjit Singh, Sikh emperor († 1839)
• 1782 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop and educator († 1846)
• 1804 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general († 1880)
• 1809 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral († 1870)
• 1813 » Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin metropolitan, philosopher, and poet († 1851)
• 1814 » Joseph Hooker, American general († 1879)
• 1833 » Edwin Booth, American actor and manager († 1893)

• 1650 » Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
• 1726 » Sophia Dorothea of Celle (b. 1666)
• 1770 » George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712)
• 1771 » Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712)
• 1777 » William Bowyer, English printer and author (b. 1699)
• 1862 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican soldier and politician. President 1855-1858 (b. 1812)
• 1867 » Adolphe Napoléon Didron, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1806)
• 1868 » Gioachino Rossini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1792)
• 1883 » J. Marion Sims, American physician and gynecologist (b. 1813)

• 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 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• 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 November 13, 1776 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen.