About the day » Sunday December 22, 1776Calender converter

• Albert Barelts, Veendam, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• adriana van DRIEL, oud-beijerland († 1780)
• Anna Gertrud Kruchen, Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland († 1819)
• Aaltje Korff, Den Helder († 1797)
• Albert Willems ter Meer, NG Kerk Vollenhove
• Anna Catharina Jacobs, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1782)
• Aaltje Jans Koers, Midwolde, province of Groningen († 1836)
• Aaltje Jans Slot van Oosten, Hoogeveen nederland († 1862)
• Anna Adelheid Schade, Essen (Oldenburg) Deutschland († 1854)
• Anna Elisabeth Laurijssen, Brecht (Antwerpen) (België) († 1842)

• Claas Claasz van der Wel (37), 's-Gravenzande
• Abraham de Rouville (70), Gorinchem
• Christian BECKERS (61), Eijsden-Margraten (Mheer),6260,Limburg,Limburg,PAYS-BAS
• Abraham deRouville (70), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Claas Willems
• Aeltjen Tijmens Nooij (59), Wanneperveen
• Derk Gerrits, Noordddijk
• Albert JANS (2), Hijken, Beilen, Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Jansen Krebbers (1), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham de Rouville (70), Gorinchem

• 1723 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer († 1787)
• 1765 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic († 1825)
• 1799 » Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist († 1864)
• 1805 » John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist († 1893)
• 1807 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic († 1873)
• 1819 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1819 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic († 1892)
• 1839 » John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician († 1917)
• 1850 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico († 1916)
• 1853 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1917)

• 1666 » Guercino, Italian painter (b. 1591)
• 1681 » Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)
• 1767 » John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)

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)
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• 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 December 22, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.