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• Annetje Buijtenhuijs, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1841)
• Douwe Theunis Hoekstra, Suawoude, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1850)
• Anna Beachy, Springs, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States († 1847)
• Driesje Jans Noorderink, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Derk Jan RADEMAKER († 1777)
• Antje Gerrits Docter, Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1853)
• Antonia Goossens, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk Zomer, Exel (Lochem) († 1832)
• Antje-gerrits Antje Gerrits N.N., Beetsterzwaag († 1853)
• Antje Gerrits Docter († 1853)

• Baarnd Sombroek (10), Westzaandam
• Christine Henriette Luise Von Stolberg (38)
• Arij Jansz. Vermeer (59), Maasland aangifte
• Aagje Ames, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia den Hengst (3), Cool
• Gerrit Jansz (Jans) IJzerman (71), Heerde
• Adrianus Jans Steensma (31), Batavia, Java, Indonesia
• Carl Fredrik Bilborg (35), Paramaribo
• Elisabeth Grebe (68), Birkelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Ann Tasker Carter (14), Richmond, Wise, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1721 » Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer († 1805)
• 1728 » Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer († 1804)
• 1742 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist († 1786)
• 1745 » Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer († 1818)
• 1748 » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic († 1822)
• 1752 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer († 1813)
• 1779 » Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor († 1853)
• 1787 » John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower († 1865)
• 1806 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician († 1838)
• 1813 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist († 1885)

• 1669 » Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)
• 1674 » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
• 1706 » Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
• 1718 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
• 1761 » Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)
• 1793 » Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
• 1798 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)

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)
• January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
• 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 9, 1776 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken mist.