About the day » Friday August 9, 1776Calender converter

• Adrianus Peeters, Herenthout
• Adriana Schraven, Mill († 1855)
• Adrianus Joannis Roovers, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1777)
• Anthonie Daniëls, Helmond († 1846)
• Charles Romain VANTOURS, Cassel,59670,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1855)
• Daniel Hessels van der Ploeg, Marrum († 1819)
• Anna Catherine Anspach, Berks Co.Pennsylvania
• Daniël Hessels van der Ploeg, Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1819)
• Annigien Goosens Run, Vollenhove-Stad, Nederland († 1849)
• Adriana Schraven, Mill, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1855)

• cornelis pietersz visser (78), koediik
• Adriaan Meeuwisz Dis, van (63), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ariaantje Jacobse FIERET (68), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Grauwels, Beyssem
• Eildert Albers (0)
• Anna Maria Cock (70), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Pietersz Visser (78), Koedijk, Noord Holland
• Catharina Peters (77), Beugen
• Cornelis Joostsz Visser (44), Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Meeuwiszn van Dis (63), Dinteloord

• 1722 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia († 1758)
• 1726 » Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician († 1778)
• 1748 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher († 1809)
• 1757 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton († 1854)
• 1757 » Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge († 1834)
• 1776 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist († 1856)
• 1783 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia († 1801)
• 1788 » Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer († 1850)
• 1797 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor († 1855)
• 1805 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician († 1860)

• 1634 » William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
• 1720 » Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
• 1744 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)

• 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 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.

The temperature on August 9, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.