About the day » Sunday April 21, 1776Calender converter

• Andries Zwaan, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Westerink, Gemeente Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1851)
• Aaltje Westerink, Ermelo († 1851)
• Aagtje Derks Huizinga, Saaxumhuizen († 1831)
• Anna Maria Elias Swaelen, Hoogeloon († 1846)
• Aaltje Visbeen, Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands († 1807)
• Aarjen Jansz Groen, Bovenkarspel († 1819)
• Annigje Blokland, Hardinxveld
• Aaltjen Pot, Bathmen, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Adrianusz Zwaan, Rijnsburg

• John Cannon (5), Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Johannes Serné (71), Haarlem
• Caatje Gerritsd KOK (8)
• Cornelia van DONGEN, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
• Barones. Sara Agatha Hop (22), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Harmanus van Toornenbergen (0), Amsterdam (Karthuizer Kerkhof)
• Katharina Brumhard (55), Mollseifen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joanna Catharina Laureys (53), Waasmunster
• Jakob Gans (25), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joanna De Schrijver (1), Moorsel

• 1730 » Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer († 1788)
• 1752 » Humphry Repton, English gardener and author († 1818)
• 1752 » Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies († 1807)
• 1774 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1862)
• 1775 » Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver († 1870)
• 1790 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile († 1876)
• 1810 » John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago († 1864)
• 1811 » Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago († 1903)
• 1814 » Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist († 1906)
• 1816 » Charlotte Brontë, Cornish-English novelist and poet († 1855)

• 1699 » Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (b. 1639)
• 1719 » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
• 1720 » Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)
• 1722 » Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author (b. 1673)
• 1736 » Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
• 1740 » Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (b. 1685)
• 1758 » Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (b. 1679)
• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)

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)
• June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• 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.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.

The temperature on April 21, 1776 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.