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• Aaltje Pieters Post, Sexbierum († 1827)
• Dieuwke Hendriks Slaaf, Leeuwarden († 1821)
• Elisabeth Dickel, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Frances Waring, London, Middlesex
• Aagje Haan, Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Bernardus Kemerink, Vaassen,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1850)
• Alida van Weesel (Wezel), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Geelen, Amersfoort
• Cornelis de Vos, Kats
• Cornelis Loeff, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1836)

• Adrianus Dasker (0), Huisduinen
• Laurens Jans Hoogewerf (55), Heemskerk
• Jacob Grooff (40), aan boord van een schip
• Judoca ver Cauteren (61), Sint Niklaas
• Arie Driesprong, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• *Conrad Valentine Keim (41), Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• (46), eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Brigitta Heyen, Diele
• Bernardus MUNNICK (80), Joure
• Laurens Jansz. Hoogewerf (55), Heemskerk

• 1717 » Blind Jack, English engineer († 1810)
• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)
• 1824 » John Chisum, American businessman († 1884)

• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)

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.
• May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.

The temperature on August 15, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.