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• Antonij Alefs, Meddo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catharina Amelia Beutels, Scherpenheuvel
• Anna Janssen, Antwerpen
• Elizabeth Brandsen van Bruxvoort, Bennekom († 1832)
• Anna Catharina van Heekeren, Amsterdam († 1848)
• Antonius van Heijningen, Vlaardingen
• Elisabetha Horsten, Rijen
• Adrianus van Oudheusden, Tilburg
• Gertrudis Ba(e)ten, Steenbergen
• Catharina Palm, Den Helder

• Catharina Margaretha Hesma (67), Leeuwarden
• Dionysius Rinckens (47), Herzogenrath (St. Leonardsberg)
• Anna Eva Schlaadt (1), Kestert, Sankt Goarshausen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Anna De Bruyn
• Adriana Lieve (43), Sint Annaland
• Cornelis Ariensz SCHOUTEN (52), Zanegeest,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ningel (41), Singhofen, Unterlahnkreis, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen
• Fokke Arents
• Adriana Jacobse Liere (43), Sint-Annaland
• Anna Stassen (Bancken) (73), Munstergeleen

• 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)

• 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)
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.

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