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• Barendina van der WULP, Dordrecht († 1851)
• Aart Gerritsen Ruyter Ruiter, Putten-Huinen
• Catharina Jacobs van der Kleij, Wateringen († 1839)
• Aart Gerritsen Ruiter, Huinen, gem. Putten († 1860)
• Catharina Jacobsdr. van der Kleij, Wateringen, ZH, Nederland († 1839)
• Anthonie Adriaans Opendorp, Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1855)
• Abram Zijdeman, Vlaardingen
• Berendina van der WULP, Dordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1851)
• Berendina van der Wulp, Dordrecht († 1851)
• Benjamin Bommel van, Opijnen († 1825)

• Jan Lanckvelt (76), Zieuwent
• Jan Melchior Flinterman (62), Burgsteinfort
• Dirk Evertzen (3)
• Marie Catherine Sibylle von Lindheim LINDHEIMER (73)
• Johann Adolf Moenkemoeller (74), Schildesche, Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Johann August Johann August Holzhauer (0)
• Agnes Pilartz (42), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Marie Jeanne Bastin (73), Gilly, 6060, Belgique
• Antonia Heuvelmans
• Janna Jochems (0), Beekbergen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1737 » Rama I, Thai king († 1809)
• 1771 » Heinrich Clauren, German author († 1854)
• 1796 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician († 1862)
• 1799 » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author († 1839)
• 1800 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica († 1845)
• 1805 » Thomas Cooper, British poet († 1892)
• 1811 » George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri († 1879)
• 1811 » Napoleon II, French emperor († 1832)
• 1821 » Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher († 1886)
• 1824 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist († 1876)

• 1688 » Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (b. 1642)
• 1730 » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
• 1746 » Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (b. 1656)
• 1780 » Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
• 1793 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)
• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)

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 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on March 20, 1776 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.