About the day » Monday July 1, 1776Calender converter

• Geesken Overbeek, Ijzerlo, op den Esteijser
• Dieuwertje Muts, Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1856)
• Franciena Peeters (Fransje Hendrikse), Utrecht († 1850)
• Antonius Vos, Son en Breugel
• Anna Agnes Haesen, Oud Valkenburg
• Fedde Hendriks Bleeker, Harlingen († 1861)
• Antonius Pijpers, Amersfoort
• Antoni Korsti, 's-Gravenmoer
• Anselme Louis de Mailly († 1799)
• Anna Maria Schrurs, Wijnandsrade,, Limburg, Nederland

• Jan Huijge Visser
• Andreas Guielmus Jurlink (49), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Gijsbertus de Lauw (0), Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacob Haselager (80), 's-Graveland
• Amand LEONARD (66)
• Elisabetha Juliana Wehn (55), Hessen, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
• Jacob (57), Greenville, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• - Yke Gales
• Jacob Nanninghs Haselager (80), 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Cornelisdr. Hogeveen (37), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1742 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic († 1799)
• 1771 » Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer and conductor († 1839)
• 1788 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer († 1867)
• 1804 » Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician († 1886)
• 1804 » George Sand, French author and playwright († 1876)
• 1807 » Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and educator, founded Clemson University († 1888)
• 1808 » Ygnacio del Valle, Mexican-American landowner († 1880)
• 1814 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia († 1884)
• 1818 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian-Austrian physician and obstetrician († 1865)
• 1818 » Karl von Vierordt, German physician, psychologist and academic († 1884)

• 1681 » Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (b. 1629)
• 1736 » Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1673)
• 1774 » Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1705)
• 1782 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English admiral and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1730)
• 1784 » Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1787 » Charles de Rohan, French marshal (b. 1715)
• 1819 » the Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (b. 1752)
• 1839 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1863 » John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820)

• 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.
• 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 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.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.

The temperature on July 1, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.