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• Cornelis Verdoorn, Eethen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1777)
• Helena (Magdalena) Ligtenberg, Haarlem († 1861)
• Dyonisius Joseph Spiertz, Kerkrade († 1862)
• Hannes Eijbertsen Vis, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1781)
• Albertus Arents Calverbelt, Diepenveen († 1837)
• Albertus Arents Kalverbeld, Diepenveen († 1837)
• Francisca Viaene, Ardooie († 1818)
• Bernardo Xavier Silva Ferrão Brandão, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1855)
• Christianus Rutgerus Polders, Amsterdam († 1776)
• Hermanna Harmanna Dikkenscheid Dikkescheij, Gendringen,Gelderland,Niederlande

• Klaas Paarlberg (39), Warmenhuizen
• Johannes Henricus Conradie (66), Kaap de Goede Hoop, SA
• Heijndrik Fooken (1), Rotterdam
• Johannes Dörr (0), Steinbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• elisabeth menzel van, nistelrode
• Albert van Loo (75), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Klaas Engelsz Paarlberg (39), Warmenhuizen
• Andries Engelsz Paarlberg (46), Warmenhuizen, Nederland
• Joanna den Boer (0), Macharen
• Klaas Engelsz Paarlberg (39), Warmenhuizen, Nederland

• 1718 » Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic († 1808)
• 1720 » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist († 1793)
• 1724 » Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony († 1780)
• 1750 » Frederick Adolf, duke of Östergötland († 1803)
• 1796 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1811 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet († 1863)
• 1818 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden († 1896)
• 1821 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer († 1910)
• 1837 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist († 1873)
• 1843 » Virgil Earp, American marshal († 1905)

• 1695 » Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
• 1698 » Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1633)
• 1721 » Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
• 1730 » François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (b. 1644)
• 1756 » Pieter Langendijk, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1683)
• 1792 » John Paul Jones, Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (b. 1747)
• 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)

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)
• January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• 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 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• 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 18, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.