About the day » Monday December 23, 1776Calender converter

• Anna Rozalia Bourgeljoen, Hontenisse,Kloosterzande († 1867)
• Cornelis Janszn Stolp, Westzaan († 1842)
• Anna Catharina Berens, Heumen en Malden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Verhoeven, Heist-op-den-Berg,, Antwerpen, België († 1855)
• Adriana Maas, Zundert
• Agnès Julie Josephe` LECIGNE, Lestrem, Pas-De-Calais, Hauts-De-France, France († 1826)
• Cornelis Jansz Stolp, Westzaan († 1842)
• Cornelis Ariesz Stet, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1828)
• Albert te Braak, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Claaske (Petrus) DRAYENBERG, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Fryslân, Nederland († 1786)

• Geertje Jans Slof, Kralingen, Netherlands
• Ariaentje Otten Dogterom (87), Vianen
• Geertje Jans Slof, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grete Bennink (89), Losser, Overijssel, Nederland
• Fijtje NOORDHOEK, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Sassen (25), Stein (Urmond) (Limburg)
• Ariaantje Ottosdr. Dogterom (87), Vianen, Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth d'Orville (78), Frankfurt aan de Main, Hessen
• Agnes Metzinger (71), Theding, Moselle, France
• Derk Hannink (2), Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1745 » John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States († 1829)
• 1750 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony († 1827)
• 1758 » Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician († 1834)
• 1766 » Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist († 1852)
• 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
• 1790 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar († 1832)
• 1793 » Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan († 1863)
• 1804 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic († 1869)
• 1805 » Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement († 1844)
• 1807 » Anthony Mary Claret, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary († 1870)

• 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
• 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 » Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)

• 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)
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• 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.
• May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

The temperature on December 23, 1776 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.