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• Anna Kool, Wormerveer († 1811)
• Andries Jan Oomen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1810)
• Andreas [Joanni] Andries [Huibert] Oomen, Tilburg, Nederland († 1849)
• Apolonia van Velsen, Wassenaar (Zuidwijk) († 1813)
• Aleida Berendina GESINK
• Anna Catharina Hesselink, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1807)
• Andreas Faes, Merksplas
• Anna Coletta de Burger (Borger), Rapenburg
• Antje Tjeerds, Garijp († 1837)
• Anna Helena - Helena Cossen, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1845)

• Geertje Sijmens Schuit (51), Enkhuizen
• Andrew Carrier (70), Colchester,New London,Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jenneke Jan Heerders (75), Tilburg
• Henricus Pierik (3)
• Christian Mäusli (24)
• Anna Meijer (64), Overveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jean DECAT (80), Attenhoven,3404,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Ebbetje Hendriks Bakker (29), Huijsen
• Christine Friedrike Sandberger (8), Besigheim
• Anna Maria STRÖHMER, Vaals

• 1721 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician († 1794)
• 1752 » Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician († 1844)
• 1778 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist († 1850)
• 1792 » William II of the Netherlands († 1849)
• 1803 » Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony († 1829)
• 1805 » Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician († 1871)
• 1805 » Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia († 1876)
• 1812 » Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1884)
• 1823 » Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist († 1900)
• 1827 » William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits († 1901)

• 1686 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
• 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
• 1771 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
• 1779 » Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
• 1788 » Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)

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. 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 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
• August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
• 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 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

The temperature on December 6, 1776 was about 3.0 °C. Weather type: omtrent helder.