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• Berend Hindriks (Bernardus) Drenth, Oude Pekela, Groningens († 1858)
• Cornelius de Roover, Oostmalle, Antwerpen, België († 1848)
• Aaltje Rutten van den Hoofdakker, Kesteren,Gelderland,Nederland († 1855)
• Cornelia Schoonderwoerd, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1857)
• Catharina Peeter Manders, Milheeze († 1842)
• Teunisje Pieters, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1779)
• Berend Hindriks DRENTH, Kleinemeer, 2171, Groningen, Nederland († 1858)
• Aartje Willemsdr de Smoker, Onder de Merwede (Z-H) († 1809)
• Anna Catharina Wangen, Herentals († 1863)
• Cornelia Verduijn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)

• Caecila Heijnes (Geurts) (73), Venlo
• Jacob Cornelis van Lennep (30), Haarlem
• Gerrit Jans IJzerman (71), Heerde
• Jacob Cornelis Sylvius van LENNEP (30), Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob Cornelis Sylvius van Lennep (30), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Jans IJzerman (71), Heerde
• Geertruid van Raam (75), Amsterdam
• JAN BAPTIST CAEYERS -CAERS -CAIAERTS (77), MOL
• Jacob Cornelis Sylvius van Lennep (30)
• Augustin Daragon LaFrance (0), Lachine, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada

• 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
• 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)
• 1827 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician († 1893)
• 1830 » Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic († 1870)
• 1835 » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer († 1910)

• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

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. 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 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on December 17, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.