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• "Gerhard Heinrich" Hendrik Hendrik, Bork, DLD († 1840)
• Anna Dorothea Helena van Helffreich Vrouwe van Meyris († 1821)
• Anna
• Anna Maria du Pont, 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Nuijten († 1859)
• Eunice White Chiles, Spotsylvania Co., VA († 1846)
• Annetje Hendriks Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn, GD-NL († 1841)
• Annetje Hendriks Buijtenhuijs, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Benjamin Van de Kerkchove, Zingem, België
• Aaltje Willems VOLDER, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1852)

• Elisabetha van de Werf (7)
• Grietje Alberts (58), Warffum
• Heiltje Jans Nentjes (76), Urk
• Eijltje Jans Nentjes (76), Urk, Flevoland, Netherlands
• Henrica Tielemans (30), Vessem
• Gijsbert Voskuil (89), Kethel en Spaland, Nederland
• Gerrit Jansz Swart (66), Enkhuizen
• Grietje Alberts (58)
• Antoine Chichery (1), Saint-Génitour, Le Blanc, 36018, France
• Joannes Manders 06AG (52), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1711 » Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier († 1762)
• 1724 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic († 1804)
• 1732 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor († 1814)
• 1744 » James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts († 1808)
• 1757 » Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer († 1841)
• 1766 » Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher († 1817)
• 1812 » Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist († 1894)
• 1816 » Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general († 1897)
• 1830 » Emily Davies, British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University
• 1832 » Julius Sterling Morton, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture († 1902)

• 1699 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (b. 1646)
• 1758 » Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (b. 1686)
• 1778 » James Hargreaves, British inventor (b. 1720)
• 1806 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (b. 1763)
• 1821 » Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)

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 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on April 22, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.