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• Catharina Frederiksdr Koeleman, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1840)
• Georg von Anhalt-Köthen-Pleß, Pleß, Polnisch Schlesien († 1777)
• Andries Frederik Cornelissen, Loenen
• Beatrix Harmeijer, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Dorgens, 's Gravenhage († 1854)
• Baby Easton, Lesmahgow Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Aletta Cornelia Staphorst, Haarlem
• August Leonor du Bosc Markgraaf van Radepont, Parijs († 1847)
• Andries Frederik Cornelissen de Beer, Loenen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ann Catherine Fulwider, Codorus, York Co.Pennsylvania († 1841)

• Antje Dijt (27), Den Burg
• Jan Geerts JAGER (3), Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz de Man (66), Rietveld, Nederland
• Anne DUDLEY (91)
• Engelbertus Jacobs (54), Sint-Martens-Lennik, Belgie
• Claude Thomas Gouin (65), Detroit, MI
• Abraham Kok (22)
• Lijntje Jans van Vrekkum (46), Rietveld, Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Helena Hofmans (3), Dussen
• Jaapje Tijssen(Teijssen) (98)

• 1716 » Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist († 1800)
• 1722 » James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician († 1773)
• 1730 » Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer († 1803)
• 1736 » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia († 1799)
• 1780 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist († 1855)
• 1794 » Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer († 1874)
• 1797 » Louise-Adéone Drölling, French painter († 1836)
• 1823 » John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor († 1895)
• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)

• 1660 » Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1615)
• 1691 » Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
• 1790 » Israel Putnam, American general (b. 1718)
• 1796 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (b. 1720)
• 1814 » Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
• 1829 » Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)

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.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• 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.

The temperature on May 29, 1776 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.