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• Aalbert Klijn, Loosdrecht († 1778)
• Catharina Christina Haan, Amsterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Smeets, Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Cathrine Marie Oekemann, Mennighüffen, Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Anna Maria Biemans, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertine Joseph Le Rouge, Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE († 1776)
• Anna Maria van de Sande, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Lammertse de Ruijter, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1836)
• Adrianus van der Kint
• Anna Clara Lippe, Amsterdam

• Aldegonda Leijten (41), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Fabiana de Ornelles de Menezes (51), Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Antonius Petri DANKLOF (78), Haaren, 3637, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Zwafelink (60), Uelsen
• Gerrit Bokhout, Piershil
• Bijlke Harkes (63), Beerta
• Catharina BREYS (73), Opdorp Belgie
• Celestin Joseph Laurent (1), Violaines, 62138, FRANCE
• Jacques Philippe Certon (1), Rotterdam
• Catharina BRIJS (73), Opdorp

• 1732 » William Cushing, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
• 1760 » François Buzot, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general († 1796)
• 1807 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1898)
• 1810 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer († 1849)
• 1812 » Augustus Pugin, English architect, co-designed the Palace of Westminster († 1852)
• 1817 » Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor and educator († 1882)
• 1821 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic († 1896)
• 1835 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania († 1919)
• 1837 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, playwright, and critic († 1920)

• 1697 » Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (b. 1626)
• 1734 » Roger North, English lawyer and author (b. 1653)
• 1768 » Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (b. 1694)
• 1773 » Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (b. 1700)
• 1792 » Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1731)
• 1792 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)

• 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)
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• 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.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
• December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

The temperature on March 1, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder.