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• Cornelis Gerritsz de Wit, Assendelft NH NL († 1827)
• Arent Ruling, Honselersdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1859)
• Andries (Andreas) Desmet, Sint-Andries Brugge († 1798)
• Dina de Korte, Reimerswaal (Yerseke) (Zeeland) († 1850)
• Alexander Wetzelers, Afden (Dl)
• Antje Leendertsdr. van der Klugt, Zoeterwoude
• Derk van Olst, Twello (gem.Voorst) († 1843)
• Catharina Theresia Vos, Groningen ( Statie Oosterstraat ) († 1837)
• Anna Catharina Brants
• Dina Janse de KORTE, Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1850)

• Dorothy West
• Grietje Uitjes (30), Noordhorn
• Cornelis Rijke, Kortenhoef
• jean collinet Quineault (49), la tombe 77
• Constantinus Augustinus Cleppe (70), Ruiselede
• Antoine Boudreau Boudrot (59), St Jacques, Nantes, France
• Elsken ten Pas (44)
• Antonia Pálffy ab Erdöd (32)
• Constantinus Augustinus Cleppe (70), Ruiselede
• Anna Verstraete (1), Maldegem, O-Vl, Belgie

• 1727 » Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer († 1810)
• 1745 » Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States († 1807)
• 1758 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general († 1820)
• 1762 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1833)
• 1780 » Charles Nodier, French librarian and author († 1844)
• 1783 » David Cox, English landscape painter († 1859)
• 1784 » Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts († 1850)
• 1810 » Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author († 1892)
• 1814 » Sadok Barącz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist († 1892)
• 1818 » Alexander II of Russia († 1881)

• 1698 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)
• 1707 » George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
• 1743 » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)
• 1768 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
• 1771 » Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)
• 1776 » Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)

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)
• March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

The temperature on April 29, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.