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• Anna Maria Bernardina Hackmann, Ibbenburen, Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Theresia Van Aelst, Zoersel († 1838)
• Augustina Frederica Sophia Wh., Barones van Hovell, Twello, Gelderland, Nederland († 1857)
• Aaltje Hendriksdr Prins, Sliedrecht († 1830)
• Anna Maria Aalders, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Kooman (Koman), Oosterland († 1831)
• 1st Jedidiah Corbin, Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Isabella van den Bergh, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Augustina Frederica Sophia Wh. van Hovell tot Westerflie, Tynaarlo, dr.nld († 1857)
• Antje Thomas (Boontje), Oldeboorn († 1847)

• Agnes Ermers (36), Mehr, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Dld.)
• Bastiaan Claasz Bek (65), Numansdorp
• Helen Muir (50), Inverkeithing, Dalgetty, Fife, Scotland
• Arnoldus de Laat (0)
• Adrianus Rumoldus Van Laerhoven (63), Kalmthout, België
• Charlotte Philippa Elisabeth Eleonore d'Ursel (34), Wenen, Oostenrijk
• Hendrijca Peeters BEUMERS (BOMER), Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jean Labrunie, Salles-de-Belvès,24170,Dordogne,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,FRANCE
• Joannes Mintjes, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hendrijca (Peters) Beumer (75), Warnsveld

• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

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)
• July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
• August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.

The temperature on April 17, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken donder weerlicht.