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• Anne Marguerite THIBEAU, Houffalize, 82014, Luxembourg, Belgique († 1846)
• Amandus Ignatius CASTELEIN (Casteleyn), Roeselare († 1777)
• Adriana Berghmans, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobsz Meijwaart, Molenaarsgraaf († 1843)
• Adriana Noordermeer, Oostvoorne, Zuid Holland († 1818)
• Adriaan Marinusse Koole, Wissenkerke, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Evert Klaassen van Dijk, Hattem († 1826)
• Barent Huybertsz Bloemraat, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland NED
• CORNELISJEN OUDERDORP, Nijkerk
• Bernardus Drosten (op de Wagt), Ootmarsum

• Alexius Klemens (3), Schaumburg LAHN
• Adrianus van Overbeeck (56), Boxtel
• Francois CORVE (63), Lambezellec, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Claas Uijttenhout, den haag
• Alex Clemens Prins van Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoy (3), Schaumburg, Nedersaksen
• Anna Maria Mombaers (58), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Adriaan" Adrianus Wilhelmi Adrianus Wilhelmi (56), Boxtel
• Claas Uijttenhout (60), Den Haag
• Hester Overdijk (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Boon (76), Everstekoog (Texel)

• 1712 » Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay († 1779)
• 1730 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company († 1795)
• 1803 » Peter Chanel, French priest and saint († 1841)
• 1807 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic († 1893)
• 1813 » Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic († 1878)
• 1817 » Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska († 1899)
• 1817 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher († 1862)
• 1821 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic († 1889)
• 1824 » Eugène Boudin, French painter († 1898)
• 1828 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1889)

• 1691 » Marquis de St Ruth, French general
• 1693 » John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)
• 1742 » Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 » Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
• 1773 » Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)

• 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)
• 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.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
• December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

The temperature on July 12, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.