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• Anthonia van Beek, Utrecht († 1802)
• Anna Elisabeth Schoeters, Bautersem
• Anna Maria BERGHS, Kontich,2550,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1856)
• Anton (Antoon, Antoine) Kersten (Kerstens, Keersten, Kerstiens) († 1854)
• Ardina Damen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje PATER, de Goorn en Grosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Ann Hubbard Taylor, Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States († 1847)
• Antonius Kersten, Maastricht († 1854)
• Anna Catharina Sommer, Lingen, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Berend Tjeerds van den Bos, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1849)

• Agatha Outshoorn (30)
• Cleijs Wijnants Muijen (76), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Dirkszn Raaphorst (34), Sassenheim
• Cleys Wijnants Muijen (76), Zwijndrecht
• Dirck Dircksz. Raephorst (34), Noordwijk
• Antje Abrahamse Roos (81), Hazerswoude-Dorp, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus VANDERELST (74), Wambeek
• Aagtje Jacobsdr de Geus (60), Werkendam
• Ente Cornelisz Beers (0), Hoogkarspel Niederlande
• Aldegundis Claasse Borsten (62), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1725 » Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer († 1792)
• 1736 » Hsinbyushin, Burmese king († 1776)
• 1739 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist († 1815)
• 1740 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic († 1817)
• 1768 » Benjamin Carr, English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher († 1831)
• 1797 » Samuel Joseph May, American activist († 1871)
• 1812 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist († 1878)
• 1812 » Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press († 1886)
• 1818 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun († 1903)
• 1818 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator († 1882)

• 1683 » Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)
• 1712 » Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637)
• 1764 » Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1711)
• 1810 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)
• 1814 » Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)

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)
• January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• 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.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on September 12, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.