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• Abraham van der Werff, Scherpenisse († 1830)
• Barbara Ludovica Stevens, Merchtem († 1845)
• abraham van der werf, scherpenisse (zeeland) († 1830)
• Adriana van de Ven, Woensel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Abraham Hubregtse van der Werff, Scherpenisse († 1830)
• Adrianus van Ginneken, Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1777)
• Carolus Johannes Hevele van, Sint Margriete, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Overhaert, Serpauluspolder
• Abraham van der Werf, Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Santen, Düsseldorf, Angermund, Rheinland, Deutschland

• Ambrosius Schophaus, Schermbeck (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Joannes De Wilde (0), Lochristi
• Cornelis Schermer (0), Wormerveer,Gemeente Zaanstad,North Holland,Netherlands
• Egidius Van den Broeck (49), Vorselaar,, Antwerpen, België
• Jacobus De Groenen (0), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Hendrina Willemsdr Klompenhouwer, De Heurne, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anneken Gerrits Cremer (78), Deventer
• Jan Janse van der Lelie (71), Poeldijk
• Adolf Jansz MELCHIOR (6), Spaarndam, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Janse van der Lelie, Monster

• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)
• 1809 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author († 1894)
• 1810 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat († 1884)
• 1811 » Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA († 1888)

• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

• 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 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
• July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

The temperature on August 29, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.