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• Adriana POTHUIJZEN POTHUIZEN, Diemerbroek (NL/UT) († 1833)
• Aafje Groot, Obdam
• Ebenezer Pierce, Massachusetts († 1851)
• Cattalina Harinck, Goes († 1844)
• Engelbert PEETERS, Beesel, Limburg, Netherlands († 1837)
• Cornelia Janssen, Groot Linden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1816)
• Allegunda Lamers, Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Coleta Cecilia Verleije, Stene (B) († 1869)
• Anne Christian († 1803)
• Direk Herm Tiben, Oberlangen, Lathen

• Hermanus Jacobszn van Trigt (42), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Groot (34), Watergang, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Van Camp, Boom, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Abeltje Sebes Houten, van (0), t Waar
• Gerlakus Aalberts Prinsen (16), 's-Gravenmoer
• Hermanus van Trigt (42), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Jacob Pleune Brugman (80), Charlois
• Aaltje Houbraak (Houbroeck), Weesp
• Adriaan Wissels (52), Roosendaal
• Bastiaan Arijsz de Jong (56), Rhoon (Albrandswaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1718 » Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist († 1795)
• 1729 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire († 1795)
• 1760 » Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant († 1850)
• 1768 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar († 1834)
• 1785 » William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" († 1853)
• 1787 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line († 1865)
• 1811 » Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist and revolutionary activist († 1857)
• 1811 » Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang († 1872)
• 1818 » Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist († 1881)
• 1835 » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier († 1916)

• 1695 » Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)
• 1775 » John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
• 1782 » Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
• 1811 » Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
• 1861 » Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 » Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)

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 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.

The temperature on November 21, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.