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• Albertjen Ras, Urk
• Cornelia Faaij, Cabauw († 1778)
• Adriana Korteknie, Kats, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Baelemans, Groot Zundert († 1828)
• Aalt van den Dolder, Amersfoort († 1785)
• Cornelia Johanna Bongers, Terborg († 1821)
• Arend Toes, Luschen, Westfalen, Pruisen († 1842)
• Anna Catharina BALEMANS ( BAELEMANS, BALLEMANS ), Zundert (N.Br. Nl) († 1828)
• Antje Heins, Ferwerd
• Catharina Tilmans (Tak Nieuwenhagen), Heerlen (L)

• catharina van den beucken (42), helden
• Catharina VAN DEN BEUCKEN (42), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Geertjen Jans Botter (32), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Lippmann (50), Herstelle, Höxter, Westphalen
• Hendrik Kroekenstoel- Schurink (88)
• Catharina van den Buecken (42), Helden
• Hendrina Brugmans (56), Rotterdam (NL)
• Abraham Grommee (52), Amsterdam
• Een kind Pauw, Warder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Claas van der Wel (76), 's Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1761 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland († 1818)
• 1773 » George Cayley, English engineer and politician († 1857)
• 1776 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general († 1811)
• 1797 » Charles Hodge, American theologian († 1878)
• 1797 » Ghalib, Indian poet († 1869)
• 1803 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist († 1839)
• 1809 » Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece († 1892)
• 1822 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist († 1895)
• 1823 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada († 1917)
• 1827 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria († 1900)

• 1707 » Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632)
• 1737 » William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
• 1743 » Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
• 1771 » Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)
• 1776 » Johann Rall, Hessian colonel (b. c. 1726)
• 1782 » Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)
• 1800 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
• 1812 » Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)

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)
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• 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 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).
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
• 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 27, 1776 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.