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• Abagail Lynch, Shenandoah Valley, Page, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1854)
• Albert Berends Veentjer, Noordbroek († 1852)
• Anna Theresia Heemers, Hooglede,8830,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Theresia Vancompernolle, Lichtervelde,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Beerent Tijssen Muts, Hoevelaken
• Anthonie Karel Zacharias Elisabeth Graaf van Gontaut-Biron († 1840)
• Aimé Charles de Gontaut-Biron, Paris, 75056, France († 1840)
• Aaltjen Alberts Mulder, Noordwolde
• Amandus Jacobs, Aspelaere in de Sint-Amanduskerk († 1830)
• Antoine Charles de Gontaut-Biron († 1840)

• Cornelius Van Damme (78), Nattenhaasdonk, Hingene, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Elisabeth Huygens (73), Temse
• Jakob Boos (39), Bahlingen, Landkreis Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
• Cornelius DE SCHEPPER (43), Okegem, 9400, Ninove, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Geesken Berendsen (Derks) (0), Brummen
• Elbert Testart (64), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Jan Huijzer (0), Charlois
• Adrianus Willem Pynenborgh (50), Berkel-enschot, Nederland
• Hinderk Emes Pater (42), Meeden
• Antje Pieters Strijbus (76), Bennebroek (Noord-Holland NL)

• 1705 » Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French violinist and composer († 1770)
• 1715 » John Brown, English author and playwright († 1766)
• 1722 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician († 1798)
• 1739 » Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire († 1819)
• 1742 » Richard Cosway, English painter († 1821)
• 1789 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician († 1868)
• 1818 » Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1893)
• 1835 » Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher († 1902)
• 1846 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross († 1869)
• 1850 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet († 1919)

• 1660 » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
• 1660 » Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 » Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
• 1714 » Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
• 1752 » Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)

• 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)
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
• December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

The temperature on November 5, 1776 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.