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• Adrianus Deckx, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgi
• Antonio Gomes, Cedros, Horta, Faial, Açores, Portugal
• Bernisse Jacobs Pinto, Den Haag († 1842)
• Adriaan Antonis van Loon, Oosterhout († 1858)
• Antonius van Moergastel, Zevenbergen (NL) († 1870)
• Roelfien (Roelofje) Hi(e)ndriks Smeenge, Rhoden († 1841)
• Anna Katharina Bongaerts, Niederkrüchten
• Catharina Post, Delft
• Branca Jacob Brendel Bernisse de Pinto, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1842)
• Claas Volkertsz de Wit

• Evertje (48)
• Abraham Elias Palairet (60), Ellecom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Franciscus Alexander Smagghe (69), Oudekapelle Diksmuide
• Gerrit Tijmense Prins (59), Oosterwolde, Oldebroek, Gld, NL
• Jacob Precht (52), Stuhr, Oldenburg (D)
• Evertje Roelofs Schoenmaker (48), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gerrit Timans Prins (59), Doornspijk Oosterwolde
• Gerrit Thiemessen Prins, Oosterwolde
• Hendrikje de Raedt (68)
• Francoise NEPPLE (63), Saint-Quentin-Fallavier,ISÈRE,Rhône-Alpes,France

• 1740 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress († 1821)
• 1750 » John André, English soldier and spy († 1780)
• 1752 » Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer († 1790)
• 1754 » Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer († 1806)
• 1772 » Novalis, German author and poet († 1801)
• 1773 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet († 1845)
• 1797 » Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist († 1864)
• 1802 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist († 1870)
• 1806 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint († 1876)
• 1810 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor († 1874)

• 1683 » Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613)
• 1711 » Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
• 1799 » Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
• 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)

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)
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on May 2, 1776 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.