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• Anna Catharina MULDER, Amsterdam, Evangelisch Lutherse Kerk
• Elisabetha Kuebler, Ochsenbach
• August Friedrich Jacob Zerrenner, Beyendorf (Magdeburg/Meideborg, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt) († 1777)
• Geertjen Hietkamp, Winterswijk Woold, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1845)
• Anna Catharina Winnepenninckx, Viersel († 1840)
• Anna Geertruida Sanderson, Utrecht († 1851)
• Andries Klomp, Loenen († 1860)
• Abraham John Fonda, unbekannt († 1845)
• Gerritje Driessen, Elst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1840)
• Francisca Knaapen, Leende, Noord-Brabant, Niederlande

• Joannes Jan Josephus Lemmens (78), Hooge Mierde, Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cicilia (Cilia) van Sparenburgh, Utrecht
• Cicilia van Sparenburgh (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Fromet Freidel Levy (86), Hegenheim, 68220, Frankrijk
• Cicilia (Cilia) van Sparenburgh (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Joannes Lemmens (78), Hoogemierde
• Marinus Cornelisse Beukelaar (53), Burgh, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annigje Ariensdr Roos (30), numansdorp (zuid holland)
• Anthonij Willems, Zaamslag
• Elisabeth NN1 (33), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1718 » John Canton, English physicist and academic († 1772)
• 1724 » Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author († 1801)
• 1759 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official († 1796)
• 1777 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician († 1849)
• 1796 » Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime († 1846)
• 1800 » Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic († 1882)
• 1803 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive († 1889)
• 1816 » George Henry Thomas, American general († 1870)
• 1826 » William S. Clark, American colonel and politician († 1886)
• 1835 » Henri Brisson, French lawyer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of France († 1912)

• 1693 » Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (b. 1619)
• 1726 » Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)
• 1750 » John V, king of Portugal (b. 1689)
• 1762 » Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
• 1781 » John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (b. 1719)
• 1784 » Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)
• 1805 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)

• 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 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• 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 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on July 31, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.