About the day » Friday April 26, 1776Calender converter

• Arend Holstege, Ruurlo († 1853)
• Anna Catharina VERMAELEN, Sint-Pieters-Rode († 1848)
• Anna Gertrudis Hackforth, Alstätte-Ahaus, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Antonia Klaasse Kok, Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Carmelo Ignazio Giuseppe FICANO, Sant'Elia,90017,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE († 1843)
• Beertjen Jannes Pit, Steenwijkerwold, Nederland († 1849)
• Beatrix van Grinsven, Lith
• Antje Lodewijks Steenstra, Leeuwarden († 1861)
• Content Barstow, Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1867)
• Emanuel Michiel Hartog, Amsterdam, the Netherlands († 1834)

• Joanna Arnoldus Theus, Bergeijk
• Cornelia van der Perel (65), Wemeldinge, Nederland
• Anonyme St-Michel (0)
• Christiaan van der Poel (47)
• Joanna Willems Nero, Cool
• Joanna Willems Nero (81), Cool, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aart Leenderts NUGTEREN, Kijfhoek
• Aaltje Leenderts De JONGSTE (0), Zuid-Beijerland
• Aart Leendertsz Nuchteren (73), Kijfhoek, South Holland, Netherlands
• Geertje Simons' Ooms (34), Sijbekarspel

• 1718 » Esek Hopkins, American commander († 1802)
• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)
• 1801 » Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1889)
• 1804 » Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician († 1876)
• 1822 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park († 1903)
• 1834 » Charles Farrar Browne, American author († 1867)

• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

• 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 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
• November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

The temperature on April 26, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.