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• Amond Romain, Reborg (B) († 1832)
• Anna Maria (Annemie) de Vaer (Vaar), Dreumel (Gld) Nederland († 1859)
• ANNETJE VAN ZANTEN, MAASLAND († 1793)
• Anna Maria de Vaar, Dreumel († 1859)
• "Friedrich Heinrich" Frederik Hendrik Walther, Bad Durkheim († 1822)
• Annetje van Zanten, Monster
• Annemie de Vaar, Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1859)
• Annetje van Santen, Maasland
• Aagtje Verschoor, Pernis († 1823)
• Adrianus van de Leur, Baardwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1779)

• Joannes Peers (66), Adegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Hendrik Tijsses Tiesses (61), Nijelamer (Stellingwerf-Westeinde)
• Jeremiah Jansz Brouwer (45)
• Hans Schultze (51), Hohenwulsch,Stendal,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
• Catharina Van Vlierberghen (67), Nieuwkerken-Waas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Hendrik Tijsses, Nijelamer
• Hendrik (Willems) Bergboer-Alink (51), Bathmen
• Leen Kornelisse van Zijl (35), Ter Aar
• Barbara Orosz (2), Besenyő Heves
• Benjamin ALLEN (69), Rhode Island

• 1715 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator († 1767)
• 1758 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States († 1831)
• 1761 » Marie Harel, French cheesemaker († 1844)
• 1765 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1819 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic († 1884)
• 1827 » William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1904)
• 1838 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate († 1913)
• 1848 » Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator († 1909)
• 1854 » Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. († 1923)
• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)

• 1710 » Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
• 1726 » Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
• 1741 » Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
• 1772 » Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
• 1781 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)

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 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.

The temperature on April 28, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.