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• Eibert Gerritsen, Doornspijk
• Bernhardus Gerhardus Cuelman, Mettingen (Pruisen)
• Anna Van Soom, Vorselaar, België († 1844)
• Dirk Warners Kroes, Oldemarkt
• Engelbertus Leonardus Faessen, Venlo
• Dirk Dobbe, Wassenaar († 1813)
• Doedtje Goffes van der Ploeg, Hantum († 1851)
• Catharina Van Mol, Wieze († 1850)
• Dirk Warners KROES, Oldemarkt
• Aartjen Bolder, Harderwijk († 1858)

• Hendrik BOTHA (41), Tulbagh, West-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika
• Jan Manshande, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Lemmens (5), Lage Mierde
• Isabella Clara Arteschene, Staden,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Baerent Jansz Grobben
• Barbara Cornelia Baert (76), Wieze
• Jeanne "Julie" Éléonore de Lespinasse (43), Paris
• Hendrik Peters (88)
• Cornelia Baert (76), Wieze, Belgie
• Jean Duff (80), Aberdeenshire, Scotland

• 1734 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer († 1815)
• 1741 » Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer († 1801)
• 1789 » Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general († 1862)
• 1790 » James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor († 1852)
• 1790 » Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer († 1842)
• 1794 » Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer († 1870)
• 1795 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall († 1860)
• 1800 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1877)
• 1810 » Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic († 1850)
• 1817 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president († 1862)

• 1701 » William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
• 1749 » Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700)
• 1752 » William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)
• 1754 » John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704)
• 1783 » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772)
• 1815 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)

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)
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
• December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

The temperature on May 23, 1776 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.