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• Antonie van Loon, Alphen en Riel († 1853)
• Anna Magdalena Hodenpijl, Batavia, Java, Indonesië († 1851)
• Dominicus Valentinus Sartori († 1849)
• Catharina (Margrieta) van Dasselaar, Harderwijk († 1825)
• Augustinus Boels, Houtave, Zuienkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1849)
• Adriana van den Baar, Aalst
• Antonius van loon, Alphen († 1853)
• Anna Magdalena Gijsberti Hodenpijl, Batavia, Indonesië († 1851)
• Cornelis Joseph Saman, Saint-Paul, Flandre-Orientale, Belgique
• Catharina Van Haarlem, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland

• Dina Sonneveld, Haarlem
• Catharina Hendriks TAMSON (44), Vlijmen, 4338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Marguerite Baudry (0), Athée, 21130, France
• Jan Stortelaer (85), Lievelde
• jannichjen Bemmers, Utrecht
• Catharina Tampson (44), Vlijmen
• Magtelt Pluim (Pluym) (0), Zwolle, Ovl
• jan adriaan van deventer
• Jan Derk WALVOORT (65), Netherlands
• Maria Catharina STAES (81), Lebbeke

• 1692 » John Byrom, English poet and educator († 1763)
• 1724 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer († 1822)
• 1736 » Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founded the Shakers († 1784)
• 1792 » Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer († 1868)
• 1812 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (d. February 29, 1880)
• 1828 » Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet, and activist († 1921)
• 1836 » Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager († 1908)
• 1852 » Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia († 1936)
• 1860 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company († 1929)
• 1876 » William Stewart, Scottish footballer

• 1740 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
• 1744 » John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1683)
• 1792 » Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)
• 1848 » Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
• 1852 » Matsudaira Katataka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
• 1868 » Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
• 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
• 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)

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 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• 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.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on February 29, 1776 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.