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• Aaltje van Rooijen, Lakerveld († 1834)
• Aaltje Willems van Schipbroek, Garderbroek († 1861)
• Aaltjen Willemsen van de Kuit, Garderen
• Aaltje Smit van Rijkelijkhuysen, Montfoort
• Aaltje Willemsen, Garderen († 1861)
• Aagje Bakker, Veenhuizen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Jans Bakker, Hensbroek, Nederland († 1853)
• Adriana Treurniet, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje~Jn Bakker, Veenhuizen († 1853)
• Aaltje Willems, Garderen († 1828)

• Helena CUYLE (79), Koekelare, 32010, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Cornelis Jansz TELLEMAN (7)
• Hermanus Jansen (41), Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jean François FLORIS (78), Saint-Symphorien, Henegouwen, België
• Arij Klop (68), Hardinxveld, Zuid Holland
• Anna Catharina DE DECKER (29), Gooik
• Focke Ottes (45), Uitwierde
• Janna Naeldenberg (Naaldenberg Naeldenbarg) (50), Ruurlo (Berkelland)
• Jacob Abrahamsz Roeleveld (72), Scheveningen
• Gijsbert Verlaan

• 1688 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright († 1763)
• 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
• 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)
• 1778 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic († 1841)
• 1799 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author († 1854)
• 1818 » Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary († 1880)
• 1831 » Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)
• 1848 » Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright († 1921)
• 1849 » Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright († 1926)
• 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)

• 1713 » Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671)
• 1774 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
• 1781 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
• 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)

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 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.

The temperature on February 4, 1776 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.