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• Alegonda (Gontje) de Goey, Leeuwarden
• Aaltje Willems Hutjes, Terschelling
• Antje Sierks Noordbeek, St Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Geboorteakte, Friesland, Netherlands († 1867)
• Anne Marie STOECKLIN, Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1833)
• Antonetta van der Kant, Haren, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1809)
• Aaltjen Niessink, Neede († 1846)
• Arnoldus van Stuivenberg, Amersfoort
• Aldegonde Isabelle TARLIN, Teteghem, 59229, Nord, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Margaretha Sager, Stony Creek, Shenandoah, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1867)
• Antonetta van den Kant (van der Cant), Haren, Niederlande († 1809)

• Blesy Maasbergen (83), Den Haag
• Cornelis Cornelisz. Commijs (65), Ridderkerk
• Blesy Maasbergen (83), Den Haag
• Brigitte MIENS (85), Marquette-en-Ostrevant,59252,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Aafje Klaasdr van der Plas (86), Katwijk aan Zee
• Cornelis Cornelisz Commijs (64), Ridderkerk, zh.nld
• Anna Maria Hagen(s), Buchten
• Apollonia van Meurs (47), Den Haag
• Arie Pieterszn. Naaktgeboren (36), Ridderkerk (Zuid-Holland)
• Christina Janssen, Niel, Pruisen

• 1763 » Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general († 1813)
• 1782 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist († 1870)
• 1784 » Heinrich Baermann, German clarinetist († 1847)
• 1799 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter and illustrator († 1842)
• 1800 » Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1877)
• 1808 » Michael Costa, Italian-English conductor and composer († 1884)
• 1813 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman († 1884)
• 1819 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter († 1890)
• 1824 » Winfield Scott Hancock, American general and politician († 1886)
• 1828 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author († 1885)

• 1714 » Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain (b. 1688)
• 1737 » Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
• 1744 » John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (b. 1682)
• 1779 » James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1728)
• 1780 » William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (b. 1723)
• 1782 » Singu Min, Burmese king (b. 1756)
• 1808 » John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
• 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)

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 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on February 14, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.