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• Catharina de Bruijn, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1852)
• Cecilia MASYN, Sijsele,8340,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Antonius RITZERT, ,,Fehlheim,Hesse-Darmstadt (Germany)
• Doodgeboren Kind van der Vliet, Nieuwe-Tonge, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1776)
• Catharina de Bruijn, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1852)
• Doodgeboren Kind van der Vliet, Nieuwe Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1776)
• Anna Helena Adeleid Gerdes, Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Sophia Christina Liese, Brechten († 1844)
• Boelo Wolkes (Wilkes) Hopkes, Midwolda († 1850)
• Charles Bruce Freeman, Nantucket, Massachusetts († 1854)

• Jonathan Brewster (71), Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
• Cornelis Kwak (43), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Baptiste Boone (0), Brugge
• Gerritje Rutgers van Ede (75)
• Jean Jacques Velle, Vladslo
• Johann Georg Veith (30), Vaskút, 6521, Magyarország
• Angelina Boorts (0), Hoogeloon
• Doodgeboren Kind van der Vliet (0), Nieuwe Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes Schröder (8), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Antje Somer (44), Texel

• 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
• 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
• 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
• 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
• 1799 » James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar († 1840)
• 1833 » Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States († 1901)
• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)

• 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
• 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
• 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
• 1785 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)

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 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• 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.
• August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.

The temperature on August 20, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.