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• Catharina Ida Frijns Frins, Einighausen, Limbricht († 1841)
• Anna Walburgis Bröerken, Heede († 1836)
• Fransje Everts van de Heijsteeg, Hoogland
• Ettjen Sierds ZOOVELE, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Noardeast-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland († 1781)
• Garrit Hendrik Ubbink († 1856)
• Daniel Ritter Knauss
• Anna Catharina Putmans, Mol (B) († 1828)
• Catharina Ida Frijns, Limbricht
• Georg Klein, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1831)
• Anna van de Laer, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1785)

• Etje Jacobs Prel (0), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Claes Tjerks de Jongh (74)
• Auke Jochems, Ter Apel, Vlagtwedde
• Cornelia Alaersts (46)
• Elizabeth Wolcott (70)
• Berber Sijtses (1)
• Catalijntje Pieters Loncke (90), Tholen
• Francesca Christine van Sulzbach Prinses-Abdis van Thorn (80), Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Adam van der Wolff (76), Krommenie
• Anneke Jochums (66), Ter Apel

• 1714 » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author († 1800)
• 1722 » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic († 1803)
• 1723 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic († 1792)
• 1731 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut († 1796)
• 1749 » Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress († 1810)
• 1796 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher († 1875)
• 1821 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science († 1910)
• 1841 » Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist († 1923)
• 1858 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1931)
• 1862 » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist († 1931)

• 1686 » John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
• 1691 » François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
• 1729 » Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
• 1747 » Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1796 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)

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 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on July 16, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken weerlicht.