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• Barent Smith, New York, United States of America († 1866)
• Antonia Joanna den Dijker, Culemborg († 1778)
• adrianus van roijen, delft (zuid holland) († 1842)
• Cornelius Woestenbergh, van de, Rijsbergen,Noord Brabant,Nederland († 1778)
• Cornelia STAPS, Teteringen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1860)
• Antonius Adriaan van der Aa, Berlicum, Nederland († 1862)
• Anne Butler, Ireland, United Kingdom († 1831)
• Bishop Daniel Fretz, Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States († 1864)
• Anna Joannes van Bakel, Heeze,Heeze-Leende,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1822)
• Cornelis Willemsz. de Smit, Veur

• Catharina Jans Kempen, Mill en St Hubert
• Jacques VERFAILLIE (78)
• Elisabeth Van Belle, Moerbeke
• Anna Hermse, Utrecht
• Barbera Cornelisse Gaermeester (Goedhart) (60), Oud Alblas
• Jan van Meerland (31), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus Verfaillie (77), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adolf Heidenreich Frederik Anton Vrijheer Droste van Vischering (61), Darfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Arjen Beerts Kuycken (70), Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anne BIET (78), Genillé, 37460, France

• 1766 » Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author († 1844)
• 1770 » Frederick William III of Prussia († 1840)
• 1803 » Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace († 1865)
• 1808 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State († 1893)
• 1811 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company († 1861)
• 1817 » Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen († 1895)
• 1823 » Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana († 1867)
• 1832 » Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director († 1914)
• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)
• 1850 » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic († 1926)

• 1720 » Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)
• 1721 » Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
• 1761 » Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
• 1773 » Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1780 » Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemiologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
• 1792 » Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
• 1797 » Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
• 1805 » Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)
• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
• 1839 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)

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. John
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Joanna
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
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)
• June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.

The temperature on August 3, 1776 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.