About the day » Tuesday April 23, 1776Calender converter

• Aaltje Berends Drent, Windeweer, Groningen, Nederland († 1839)
• Elisabetha Horsten, Rijen
• Antonius van Heijningen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Alefs, Meddo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• gerardus venrooij van, heesch († 1839)
• Elizabeth Brandsen van Bruxvoort († 1832)
• Georg Tausch, Neuastenberg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Grietje Fokkes Boomsma, Leeuwarden († 1847)
• Grietie Fokkes Boomsma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Amelia Beutels, Scherpenheuvel

• Anna Stassen (Bancken) (73), Munstergeleen
• Adriana Liere (41), Ste. Adresse
• Cornelis Janszoon KRAMER, Assendelft, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna, Maria Vermoesen (37), Moorsel
• Folkers (0), Meeden, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelis Arieszn Schouten (52), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Margaretha Hesma, Leeuwarden, Begraven bij de Oldehoofsterkerk
• Cornelius Arien Schouten (52), Bergen (NH/NL)
• Francies ANNART (59), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Margaretha Hesma (67), Leeuwarden

• 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
• 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
• 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
• 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
• 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
• 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1812 » Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1813 » Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar († 1853)
• 1813 » Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State († 1861)
• 1818 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor († 1894)

• 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
• 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
• 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
• 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)

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)
• January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
• 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.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on April 23, 1776 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.