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• Coleta Catharina Derinck, Roksem,8460,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1844)
• Anna Maria Joosten, Nuenen, NL
• Bernardus Jacobus Maserael, St Anna, Brugge
• Antje Tjallings, Harlingen († 1854)
• Antje Jans, Jubbega-Schurega, Friesland, NETHERLANDS
• Aart HUIBERTZ van Ringelestijn, (GL) Herwijnen († 1821)
• Carolus Vanoverbeke, Ruiselede († 1848)
• Catharina Schutten, Bronkhorst
• ANTOINE LAMOUROUS, Canet, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
• Alef Nannes, Blija/Hogebeintum

• Andries Henricus Schellekens (59), Boxtel, NL
• Hendrik Jans Rijnberg (61), Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Guillaume PICHON (71), Saint-Géréon, 44160, Loire Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
• Dorothea McKeen (40), Red Lion, New Castle, Delaware, Verenigde Staten
• Gerardus Gerrits Lamers (70), Kranenburg, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Hermann Bernard - Hermannus Berens (63), Hüntel, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Abraham Kilbourne Esq (67), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth Garseling (10)
• Gerardus Lamers (59), Kranenburg (D)
• Elisabeth Van Assche (74), Hingene

• 1737 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech violinist and composer († 1781)
• 1749 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician († 1791)
• 1753 » Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general († 1800)
• 1758 » Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist († 1828)
• 1763 » William Cobbett, English journalist and author († 1835)
• 1806 » Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist († 1872)
• 1814 » Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and playwright († 1861)
• 1815 » David Davis, American jurist and politician († 1886)
• 1820 » Samuel Blatchford, American lawyer and jurist († 1893)
• 1824 » Amasa Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, founded Stanford University († 1893)

• 1661 » Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1602)
• 1709 » Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English courtier and politician (b. 1638)
• 1808 » Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (b. 1739)
• 1810 » Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1825 » Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)
• 1831 » Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (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)
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
• November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on March 9, 1776 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.