About the day » Wednesday June 12, 1776Calender converter

• Emmanuel Franciscus Grauwet, Oostkerke, Damme, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1836)
• Ferdinandus VERNIERS, Eke
• Catherine Diehl († 1846)
• Alida Ploos, Naarden († 1837)
• Cornelis van Wijk, Leiden
• Elizabeth Boone Hays, Ft Boonborough, Madison, Kentucky, United States († 1828)
• Dirkje Hendriks' Sluijs, De Rijp († 1831)
• Christianus Leenders, Maaseik (B)
• Frans Roest, Nieuwenhoorn († 1834)
• Cornelis Donders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Cornelia Sterrenburg (82), Ottoland
• Dirk DAVIDSON (60), Venhuizen
• Cornelia Cornelisdr. Sterrenburg (82), Ottoland
• Bouwe, Baldwinus Neederstigt (8), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Emmerentia Goedbier (6), Nordstrand / Husum
• Alida Engels van Tongeren (68), Cool, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Reybrouck (28), Esen West-Vlaanderen België
• Cornelia Cornelisdr Sterrenburch (82), Ottoland
• Elisabeth VAN DER HEYDEN (46), Sint-Katherina-Lombeek,1742,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Cornelia Sterrenburg (82), Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1760 » Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician († 1797)
• 1771 » Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author († 1870)
• 1775 » Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal († 1851)
• 1777 » Robert Clark, American physician and politician († 1837)
• 1795 » John Marston, American sailor († 1885)
• 1798 » Samuel Cooper, American general († 1876)
• 1800 » Samuel Wright Mardis, American politician († 1836)
• 1802 » Harriet Martineau, English sociologist and author († 1876)
• 1806 » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge († 1869)
• 1807 » Ante Kuzmanić, Croatian physician and journalist († 1879)

• 1668 » Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1675 » Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634)
• 1734 » James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia (b. 1722)
• 1772 » Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
• 1778 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (b. 1716)
• 1816 » Pierre Augereau, French general (b. 1757)
• 1818 » Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)

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 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.
• May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.

The temperature on June 12, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.