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• Barbara Simons, Gronsveld, Eijsden
• Adriana Joosen, Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Smulders, Riel
• Anna Pieters Stinstra, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1828)
• Cornelis Heemskerk, Noordwijkerhout († 1839)
• Antje Folkerts (de Vries), Oudeschoot († 1844)
• Antje Folkerts de Vries, Oudeschoot († 1844)
• Anna Catharina Peeters, Olen, België
• Cornelia van den Haegh, Boxmeer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina TAELS, Geel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1814)

• Gertrud Hensgens (80), Vintelen/Gangelt
• Antoine Morin dit Valcourt (71), Saint-François, Rivière-du-Sud, Qc, Canada
• catherine NEUSY (70), Pâturages (Belgium)
• Franciscus Joannes van der Meijden (29), Boxtel
• Barbera Oskam (0)
• Daniel Hendrickson (48), Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
• Jacoba Bosewis (26), Delft
• Fritz Anton te Koppel, Rhede (Kr. Borken), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
• Anna Geertruij van den Worm, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus Hendriks van de Velden (32), Dinther

• 1740 » Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
• 1760 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York († 1828)
• 1770 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general († 1826)
• 1779 » Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War († 1851)
• 1793 » Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas († 1863)
• 1800 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian-Italian poet and philosopher († 1844)
• 1810 » Pope Leo XIII († 1903)
• 1816 » Alexander Bullock, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Massachusetts († 1882)
• 1817 » János Arany, Hungarian journalist and poet († 1882)

• 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
• 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
• 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
• 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
• 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
• 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
• 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)

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. John
15. Klaas
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)
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• 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.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on March 2, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.