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• Anna Catharina Kroelen, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1846)
• Arjen Jans Poort, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anne Catherine Decoene, Bavikhove
• Anna Theresia Wittesaele, Aartrijke
• Anna Cornelia Briers, Geel, België († 1818)
• Egidius de Vogel, Temse († 1860)
• Charles Delagrave, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada († 1800)
• Anna Theresia Regina Vanhove, Langemark West Vlaanderen België († 1804)
• Cornelius van Beurden, Goirle
• Elizabeth Paridaans, Hooge en Lage Mierde († 1844)

• Jan Gerrits Kruimer (65), Beekbergen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Margarete Riemenschneider (2), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Maria Wasmus (0), den Haag, Netherlands
• Jacob Berends (21), Noordwolde, Bedum
• Gerrit Aryens Clapwijck (68), Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Deborah Jones (37), Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
• Isabelle Theodora Antoinette van den Berghe (30)
• Elisabeth Goutier, Groningen
• Jan Gerrits Cruimer (65), Beekbergen
• Jan Gerrits Kruimer (65), Beekbergen

• 1778 » Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer († 1853)
• 1800 » William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician († 1867)
• 1808 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist († 1845)
• 1810 » Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator († 1876)
• 1811 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician († 1879)
• 1818 » Charles Gounod, French composer and academic († 1893)
• 1818 » Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands († 1877)
• 1821 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist († 1888)
• 1832 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist († 1919)
• 1833 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president († 1893)

• 1719 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)
• 1734 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
• 1740 » Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
• 1762 » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1771 » Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
• 1775 » John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)

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)
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• 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.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

The temperature on June 17, 1776 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.