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• Anna Barbara Clapp, Orange County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1850)
• Henderina van ELSWIJK, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1830)
• Ferdinandus Randshuizen Ranshuyse, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1813)
• Bernardus ten BERGE, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1814)
• Bernardus van den Berg, Bedum († 1814)
• Jacob BOOSUA, Dordrecht
• Ferdinand Ranshuysen, Amsterdam († 1813)
• cornelis lagendijk, ridderkerk (zuid holland) († 1842)
• Ida van KOOTEN, Dordrecht
• Anna Bengtsdotter, Skriperyd, Rydaholm, Jönköping, Sweden

• Jantje Ariens Arends (79), Bovenkarspel, Nederland
• Barbara Timmerman (84), Bovenkarspel
• aaltje abrahamse van der zijden (55), krimpen aan de ijssel (zuid holland)
• Jantje Timmerman, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Françoise DUPUY (62), Chouzy-sur-Cisse, 41150, France
• Anneke Van Hattem (68), Heteren
• Anneke van Hattem (68), Heteren
• Anna Margaretha Eydt (36), Reichenborn, Merenberg, Oberlahnkreis, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
• Aaltje Abrahamsdr van der Zijden (55), krimpen aan den ijssel (zuid holland)
• Cornelis Mattheesen, 's-Gravenwezel, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1715 » Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist († 1739)
• 1752 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist († 1840)
• 1797 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician († 1867)
• 1811 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician († 1893)
• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)

• 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
• 1778 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
• 1779 » John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)

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. John
15. Klaas
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)
• January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• 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.
• May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on May 11, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.