About the day » Tuesday February 6, 1776Calender converter

• Anna le Moine OR Le Moen, Oude Pekela († 1849)
• (Fran√ßois) Joseph FRITSCH, Wahlbach (68130, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1814)
• Adrianus Boeije, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Timmerman, Sijsele, WVL.BE
• Catharina Heinrike Elisabeth Bonhoeffer, Hall
• Arnoldus Bogaarts, Steenbergen (RK dopen)
• Arie BRAVENBOER, Dubbeldam
• Alida Elisabeth Muntingh, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1829)
• Adriana Ammerlaan, Schipluiden
• Berendiena Hijner, Zwolle († 1834)

• Geertje Onderwater (79)
• Adrianus Joannes (Klevers) Clavers (59), Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Hoek (83), Katwijk
• Geertje - Cornelisdr Onderwater (79), Zoeterwoude
• Barbe Aubert (67), Ars-sur-Moselle, 57032, Moselle, Lorraine, France
• Anna Elisabeth Merens (50), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nl
• Anna Catharina van Wersch (3), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Ester Isaac Eizik Polido (75), Amsterdam
• François JAUGEY-PIGNOT (83), Peigney, 52380, Haute Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Aaltjke Jacobs Verhagen (81), Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1753 » Évariste de Parny, French poet and author († 1814)
• 1756 » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States († 1836)
• 1758 » Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician († 1841)
• 1769 » Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general († 1862)
• 1772 » George Murray, Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies († 1830)
• 1778 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet († 1827)
• 1781 » John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia († 1844)
• 1796 » John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist († 1861)
• 1797 » Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia († 1853)
• 1799 » Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist († 1870)

• 1695 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
• 1775 » William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)
• 1783 » Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)

• 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 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.
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on February 6, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.