About the day » Sunday February 18, 1776Calender converter

• Adreanus van Oosten, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Adriana Broeren, Zevenbergen
• Andries Meever, Alblasserdam
• Adriaan Jansz van der Linden, Dubbeldam, zh.nld
• Andries Ruthsz van Meever, Alblasserdam
• Anna Barbara Huntjens, Klimmen, Voerendaal
• Aaron Jones, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England († 1809)
• Alida Hendrika van Eck, 's Gravenhage († 1828)
• Adrianus Bouwens, Raamsdonk (Noord-Brabant) († 1842)
• Andries Dieleman, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1814)

• Joannes KORSTEN (32), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Lauber (1), Hoheleye,Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jean Nicolas Pierlot (0), Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonie, Belgique
• Catharina HOEN (51), Leeuwarden,,PAYS BAS
• Jan Baptiste van Dingenen (71), Balen (Belgie)
• Catharina Jacob Berkers (66), Helmond,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelia De Visscher (70), Oelegem, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Heijltje Hendriks de Bruijn (66), Amsterdam
• Daniel François du Tens (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Feijaerts (62), Rotselaar (B)

• 1732 » Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer († 1809)
• 1745 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery († 1827)
• 1814 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician († 1900)
• 1817 » Lewis Armistead, American general († 1863)
• 1836 » Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and yogi († 1886)
• 1838 » Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1916)
• 1846 » Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager († 1904)
• 1848 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist († 1933)
• 1849 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician († 1906)
• 1850 » George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor († 1934)

• 1695 » William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
• 1712 » Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
• 1743 » Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
• 1748 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
• 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
• 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (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. 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.

The temperature on February 18, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.