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• Anna Magdalena de Villiers, Paarl,Weskaap,ZA († 1837)
• Aarjaantje Pietersd Paap († 1776)
• Anna Catharina Van Nuytsel, Geel, België
• Georgius Caenen, Veldwezelt
• Annetje Slagveld, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1857)
• Elizabeth Catharina Haer, van der, Leeuwarden († 1823)
• Elisabeth Catharina van der Haer, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1823)
• Ferdinandus CRINS, Ninove († 1858)
• Francesca Xavieria van Posch, Dresden, Saksen († 1849)
• Anna Geertruda Hoefnagels, Zundert († 1854)

• Geeske Engelkes (0), Wymeer, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Maartje Hendriks (54), Krommenie, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Judocus de Duitsche (46)
• Carl August Sillem (4)
• Anna Catharina SCHWÄNGER (60), Eberhardsweiler, Welzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
• Geurt Troost, Wageningen
• Catharinne TIMMERMANS (57), Horn, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aafje Sijmons Bakker (52), Westzaan
• Elisabeth Nijs, Halen
• Isaac Hubert, Leiden

• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)
• 1830 » Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet († 1877)
• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)

• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)

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 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• 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.
• June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.

The temperature on May 25, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.