About the day » Wednesday August 7, 1776Calender converter

• Angélique Amélie Joseph HUE, Calonne-sur-la-Lys,62350,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1832)
• Anthonij Schippers, Kloetinge, Nederland († 1843)
• Anna de Graaf, Jutphaas († 1864)
• Cornelia van Guldener, Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1830)
• Cornelis Zwijs, Den Haag († 1840)
• Enoch Stone, Wilkes County, North Carolina († 1855)
• Bernardus Coppens, Lochristi,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Dirk Pieters Cupido, Midsland († 1860)
• Amelia VON NASSAU-WEILBURG († 1841)
• Anne Germaine Berryat, Courcelles, 58210, Francia († 1816)

• Janna (Jansen) Kleijn Hammink (66), Harfsen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Jans Keesmaat (2), Alblasserdam
• Mathias HOLTACKERS (67), Baarlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anne Plumer (86)
• Marie-Geneviève Godin (80), Neuville, QC, Canada
• Maria Katharina KLEIN (82), Nehwiller Près Woerth,67360,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE,Erzhütt
• Jacobus Verbeek (64), Haarlem
• Petrus Willemsz de Gooijer (0), Blaricum
• Matthias Holtackers (67), Baarlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• John ATCHISON (66), Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)

• 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 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• 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.
• November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
• 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 7, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 68 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.