About the day » Wednesday December 11, 1776Calender converter

• Cornelia Hermans, Vlijtingen, Riemst, België († 1854)
• Cornelia Reijniers, Cuijk, Nederland († 1831)
• Berend Andries (Beerend, Beernt) Schuurmans, Marssum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1854)
• Berent Harmanus Zwaagman, Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1837)
• Christian Risser, Londonderry Twp, Landcaster Co, PA († 1826)
• Anna Catharina Anthonissen, Stabroek, Bisdom Antwerpen († 1876)
• Arnoldus Wenninck, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1812)
• Antje de Ruyter, Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Cornelia Dirksd Knook, Klundert (N.B.) († 1811)
• Adriana de Jongh, Alphen

• Guurtje Claesdr. 's-Gravenmade (72), Heemstede, NH, Nederland
• Evertje de Beijer (74), Huissen stad
• Guurtje Schrama, Heemstede
• Gerrit ten Brummelhuis, Haaksbergen
• Guurtje Claesdr Schrama (37), Heemstede, Nederland
• Gerrit ten Brummelhuis, Haaksbergen
• Arij van Heijningen (84), Koudekerk ad Rijn
• Cornelia Jansdr. Kramer, Voorschoten
• Barbara Vandelooz (90), Eksel
• Barbara Vandelooz (90), Eksel

• 1725 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician († 1792)
• 1758 » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator († 1832)
• 1761 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist († 1835)
• 1781 » David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1868)
• 1801 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright († 1836)
• 1803 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic († 1869)
• 1810 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist († 1857)
• 1830 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii († 1872)
• 1837 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer († 1887)
• 1838 » John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman († 1915)

• 1686 » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)
• 1694 » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
• 1737 » John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)
• 1747 » Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)
• 1797 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (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. 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)
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.

The temperature on December 11, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist.