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• Cécilia Victoria GEVAERT, Ettelgem, 8450, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1832)
• Carola Batthyány van Német-Ujvár, Graz, Steiermark († 1777)
• Andreas Bruvier, Scherpenheuvel
• Cecile Victoire Gevaert, Ettelgem († 1832)
• Arie Gerritsz de Groot, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Anne Marie HATTENBERGER, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1777)
• Arie de Groot, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Frans Vos, Oss († 1815)
• Adrianus Antonius van Wijngaerd, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
• Antonius van de Mortel, Deurne

• Elisabeth Bleijers (26), Rotterdam
• Alexander Karel des H.R. Rijksgraaf van Heiden (66), Zuidlaren,Gemeente Tynaarlo,Drenthe,Netherlands,huis Laarwoud
• Cornelia Koekkoek (73), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Leijnse Brasser (47), Breskens, Zeeland, NL
• Gerbert Cornelisz Bouman (65), Huijsen, DTB-7: ongehuwd
• Alexander Carel van Heiden-Reinestein (66), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Leijnsse Brasser (47), Breskens
• Gosse Pijters, Marssum
• Friedrich Christian Wienkoop (55), Prohn, Pommern,Germany
• Cornelia Koeckoek (74), Werkendam

• 1745 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician († 1813)
• 1751 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic († 1826)
• 1753 » Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1815)
• 1759 » Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist († 1813)
• 1774 » Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish West Florida († 1829)
• 1784 » Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist († 1862)
• 1792 » Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire († 1859)
• 1794 » William Carleton, Irish author († 1869)
• 1802 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer († 1870)
• 1819 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician († 1882)

• 1762 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
• 1771 » Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
• 1773 » Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
• 1778 » Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)
• 1790 » Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
• 1806 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
• 1810 » Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)

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)
• January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• 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.

The temperature on February 20, 1776 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.