About the day » Sunday December 15, 1776Calender converter

• van der Gust, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, South Holland, Netherlands († 1858)
• Abraham LATSHAW († 1856)
• Amalia Charlotte Caroline van Bönninghausen-Budberg († 1829)
• Anna Catharina Van der Heyden, Jette († 1837)
• Aleida Reijmers REIJNDERS, Heteren, 1461, Gelderland, Nederland († 1831)
• Andries Vos, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1834)
• Adriaantje Vrijenhoek, Berkel &, Rodenrijs Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1844)
• Annegien Jans Heinen, Kolderveen, Nijeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Maria LEEMANS, Merchtem, 1785, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1810)
• Alijda Reymers, Heteren († 1831)

• Arie Tetteroo, Bergschenhoek
• Andries Sierks (0)
• Ann Churchill (38), Church of England, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
• Gerrit Martens (0), Hijum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Marie BASSLER (48), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Catharina Petronella Piens (43), Bottelare, Oost-Vlaanderen, Graafschap Vlaanderen
• Arentje van der Schalk (83), Schiedam
• gerret robij (roebijn, roubaij) (0), amsterdam
• Antoni Goslings, Rauwerd
• Antonie Goslings, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland

• 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
• 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
• 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
• 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)

• 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
• 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
• 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
• 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
• 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)

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)
• March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• 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 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.

The temperature on December 15, 1776 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken.