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• Anton Jacob van Dinter, Oss († 1846)
• Anna Catharina Patteet, Hoboken, 2660, Antwerpen, B († 1840)
• Ariaan Blokker, Wijdewormer, Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Catharine Patteet, Hoboken, Antw († 1824)
• Attje Potter JOUWSMA, Eestrum,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• - doodgeboren - de Wilde, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1776)
• Christine Wolf, Schameder, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1847)
• Anna Maria Janssen, Schinveld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Keim Griesemer
• Constantia Regina Basijn, Ardooie († 1849)

• Adriana Pronk (3), Scheveningen
• James Blair (138), Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Jean Baptiste Casier (1), Lecelles, Nord, France
• Arthur Blackman (66), Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
• Dirkje Koster (40), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacobus LUIJBREGTS (0), Diessen, Hilvarenbeek, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Elizabeth N.N. (Mrs. Padbury) (59), Spelsbury, Oxon
• Geertruij Hendricks van Wagensfelt, Scherpenzeel
• Joannes Baptistus van Wyngene (47), Ellezelles, Henegouwen, België
• Ariaantje Harmse van der Vlught (47), Wijk aan Zee

• 1738 » Benjamin Tupper, American general († 1792)
• 1745 » Bodawpaya, Burmese king († 1819)
• 1785 » John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General († 1861)
• 1787 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general († 1852)
• 1806 » Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator († 1867)
• 1811 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer († 1877)
• 1815 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer († 1879)
• 1818 » Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and choreographer († 1910)
• 1819 » Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle († 1899)
• 1822 » Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic († 1900)

• 1722 » John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (b. 1670)
• 1759 » John Forbes, Scottish general (b. 1710)
• 1820 » Benjamin West, American-English painter and academic (b. 1738)
• 1851 » George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)
• 1851 » Marie Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (b. 1778)
• 1854 » Willard Richards, American journalist and religious leader (b. 1804)
• 1863 » Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
• 1869 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
• 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
• 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)

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)
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• 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).
• 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 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

The temperature on March 11, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.