About the day » Wednesday May 1, 1776Calender converter

• Charles Kaler, Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Anton Verbeek
• Antje Broens Everts Roodschur, Emden, Niedersachsen, Germany († 1865)
• Fijtje Christiaanse, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1805)
• Christina Elizabeth Christ († 1845)
• Christoph Ferdinand Roeckner, Bladiau, Heiligenbeil, Ostpreussen († 1840)
• Agnes Jansdr. Sollevelt, Wateringen († 1848)
• Antonetta Heindrika de Bark, Brielle († 1777)
• Aaltje Harms Boer, Stedum
• Egbert Kleisen DIJKSTRA, Blesdijke († 1848)

• Antonius Weusten (56), Hulsberg, Nuth
• Catharina Blankert (87), Rijnsburg
• Catharina Joris Blankers (87), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Coendert Teunisz BROEK (68), Egmond aan Zee, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catrina Blankers (87), Rijnsburg
• Catharina Jorisdr. Blankert (87), Rijnsburg
• Amandus Vanduynslagher, Wielsbeke
• Bastiaentje Jorisdr Both (126), Noordeloos
• Ebenezer Baker (86), Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Elizabeth Warren 6th GGM (60), Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States

• 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
• 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)
• 1825 » Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1898)

• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

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.
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

The temperature on May 1, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.