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• Arie van Kesteren († 1844)
• le Clercq, Troisvilles (F)
• Arie Pieters van Kesteren, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend van Kesteren, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Cornelia Jans BEijerSberge, Wassenaar († 1818)
• Annetje Klaasdr Groeneveld, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van den Heuvel, Aarle-Rixtel († 1832)
• Arend Pietersz. van Kesteren, Lisse († 1844)
• Aartjen Hartgers Zoet, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend (Arie) Pieterszn van Kesteren, Lisse († 1844)

• Cornelis van Gemen (37), Batavia, Java
• Anna de Bruijn (75), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Florence Claiborne Sullivan (79), Caroline County, Maryland, United States
• Jan Roos (0), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Leppens (70), Bladel (Bladel en Netersel) (Noord-Brabant)
• Abraham Lucken (72), Towamencin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Anna Catharina Wehn (64), Biedenkopf, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Deutschland
• Abraham Dorlandt (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eve ROLLAND PIEGUE (77), Pierrefontaine-lès-Blamont,, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Frank Jansz van Kampen (65), Schiedam, Z.H., Nederland

• 1762 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers († 1844)
• 1765 » Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe († 1816)
• 1770 » Friedrich Laun, German author († 1849)
• 1790 » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright († 1836)
• 1796 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer († 1832)
• 1800 » Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales († 1879)
• 1801 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1877)
• 1804 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer († 1857)
• 1808 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales († 1881)
• 1815 » Otto of Greece († 1862)

• 1740 » Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
• 1769 » Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (b. 1689)
• 1773 » Wolraad Woltemade, South African folk hero (b. 1708)
• 1795 » Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1815 » Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1753)
• 1823 » Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1770)
• 1826 » J. F. Oberlin, French pastor and philanthropist (b. 1740)
• 1830 » Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
• 1833 » Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1760)
• 1841 » David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1785)

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)
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• 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.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on June 1, 1776 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.