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• Cornelis Pietersz de Jong, Ter Aar (Korteraar)
• Adrianus Dirksz (1) van den Bos, Rotterdam († 1778)
• Charles Nicolas Joseph de Warzée d' Hermalle et de Ramelo, Ciney, 5590, Namen, Belgium († 1852)
• Adriana van Osch, Zaltbommel († 1817)
• Anna van 't Hart, Roelofarendsveen
• Adriana van Osch, Zaltbommel († 1817)
• Aaltien (Aaltje) Gerrits Brinks Paalman, Borger († 1850)
• Albert Kamphuis, Daarle (Hellendoorn), Overijssel, Nederland († 1854)
• Aaltien (Aaltje) Gerrits Brinks, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1850)
• Cornelia Schoonen, Roosendaal

• Cornelis Claasz Relk (67), Noordeinde
• Albert Pytters Poelstra (2), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Joannes Clairmont (72), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Claude BOUVRET (52), Athée, 21028, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France
• Jean Baptiste Rouneau (75), Cuesmes
• Joanna Duquesnoij (42), Waalwijk
• Jannetje MEER,VAN DER (34), Schipluiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frederik Ulrich van OEYNHAUSEN (81)
• Esther TOMSON (69), Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA
• Anna Wilhelmus Cuypers (60), Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1745 » Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician and poet († 1824)
• 1755 » Sarah Siddons, English actress († 1831)
• 1780 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician († 1838)
• 1793 » Pavel Pestel, Russian officer († 1826)
• 1794 » Sylvester Graham, American minister and activist († 1851)
• 1801 » David Farragut, American admiral († 1870)
• 1802 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral († 1855)
• 1803 » George Borrow, British writer († 1881)
• 1805 » Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand († 1865)
• 1810 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1891)

• 1676 » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1613)
• 1715 » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)
• 1719 » Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641)
• 1773 » Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
• 1819 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
• 1826 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)
• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)

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)
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
• November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

The temperature on July 5, 1776 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken weerlicht.