About the day » Sunday December 29, 1776Calender converter

• Anna Margaretha Bruns, Niderlangen, Emsland
• Anna Varkevisser, Katwijk a Zee († 1802)
• Aeimt Harms, Siddeburen
• "dochter VAN HUNSEL, Heeze(N-Br.)
• Aleyda Joanna Kuiper, Groenlo
• Albert Hulst, Rouveen († 1835)
• adriana dunhart, nieuwerkerk aan de ijssel (zuid holland) († 1810)
• Adrianus Koensen, Drunen
• Anna Marie KRIEK, Grave, 3604, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kriek, Grave, Noordbrabant, Nederland

• Joannes BALDEWIJNS (40), Heers (Horpmaal),3870,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Johannes Soepnel (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Belia (Belitje) Spillebout (51), Amsterdam
• Hermanus Duijkersloot (57), Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jacobus Beckers (1)
• Anna Maria Lingemann (56), Altenilpe, Schmallenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duitsland
• Catharina Palmans (50), Grobbendonk 2280, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Gaspar De Becker, Noorderwijk, Herentals, België
• Cornelis Brouwer Brouwers, Etten-leur
• Cornelske Eemes (55), Kloosterburen Gem. DE Marne

• 1709 » Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress († 1762)
• 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
• 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
• 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
• 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
• 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
• 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
• 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)

• 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
• 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)

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 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• 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 29, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.