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• Bouwke Jans Siertsema, Uithuizermeeden († 1856)
• Andreas Timmers, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Ann Word, Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States († 1854)
• Claasje Tijmens de Graaf, Laren N.H († 1820)
• Anna Caal, Groesbeek († 1779)
• Adriana KOCKEN, Halsteren († 1807)
• Coleta Van De Vijver, Hemiksem, 2620, Antwerpen, B († 1835)
• Carel van Eijsden, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Boelens Reitsma, Rottevalle, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Kaal, Groesbeek († 1779)

• Grietje Pieters van Driel (69), Pernis
• Anna Sjonghers (74), Poederlee
• godefridus (geurt) engels (66), helden-beringe
• Charles Antoine Taffin (55), Violaines, 62138, FRANCE
• Heindrik Crijnse Nieuwlan(dt) (90), Vierpolders
• Heindrik Crijnse Nieuwlant (90), Vierpolders
• Grietje Pietersdr. van Driel (69), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jacobsz de Jonge (46), Zuidveen
• Grietje Pieters van Driel (69), Pernis
• He(i)ndrik Krijne (Crijnsz) Nieuwland (90), Vierpolders

• 1733 » George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware († 1798)
• 1750 » Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright († 1791)
• 1752 » Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist († 1833)
• 1765 » Pope Gregory XVI († 1846)
• 1779 » Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1845)
• 1786 » Christian VIII of Denmark († 1848)
• 1786 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and author († 1862)
• 1812 » Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia († 1880)
• 1819 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic († 1868)
• 1837 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop († 1880)

• 1721 » Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)
• 1722 » André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
• 1783 » Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
• 1783 » Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
• 1792 » August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
• 1812 » Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
• 1830 » William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
• 1857 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)

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)
• May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

The temperature on September 18, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. There was 136 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.