About the day » Monday September 2, 1776Calender converter

• Douwe Brants Blanksma, Pingjum, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1817)
• Gertrude van Heck, Lith
• Adrianus Teurlinx, Berkel-Enschot
• Anna Vandaele, Ruiselede († 1820)
• Arjen Jans de Kleine, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1858)
• Arjen de Kleine, Lippenhuizen († 1858)
• Anna Elisabeth BERGHMANS, Langdorp Belgie
• Allegonda Verweijen, Borkel en Schaft, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Eleonora Magdalena De Backer, Hingene, 2880, Bornem, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Franciscus Josephus MILANS, Sint-Gummarus Lier

• Joyce Gore, Worcester, Maryland, United States
• Abigail Pope (88), Litchfield, Massachusetts Bay, British America
• Anne Marie de Bussy, Vreeren
• Anna Elsabein Lülff (60), Bokel (Nr 25). Bokel, Halle, Westfalen, Germany
• Cornelis Lambertus ROBBE (33), Oisterwijk, 4060, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Sinnaeve (0), Kortemark, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Eve Barbara Kornmann (32), Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
• Anna Busschots, Duffel
• Adriaantje Resel (41), Callantsoog, Nederland
• Fulp van Hulst (14), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1753 » Marie Joséphine of Savoy († 1810)
• 1778 » Louis Bonaparte, French-Dutch king († 1846)
• 1805 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author († 1851)
• 1810 » Lysander Button, American engineer († 1898)
• 1810 » William Seymour Tyler, American historian and educator († 1897)
• 1814 » Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian († 1896)
• 1820 » Lucretia Hale, American journalist and author († 1900)
• 1830 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician († 1911)
• 1838 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher († 1914)
• 1838 » Liliʻuokalani of Hawaii († 1917)

• 1688 » Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet, English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)
• 1690 » Philip William, Elector Palatine, German Count Palatine of Neuburg (b. 1615)
• 1764 » Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1700)
• 1765 » Henry Bouquet, Swiss-English colonel (b. 1719)
• 1768 » Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1703)
• 1790 » Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
• 1813 » Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (b. 1763)
• 1820 » Jiaqing Emperor of China (b. 1760)
• 1832 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
• 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)

• 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.
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• 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 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
• December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

The temperature on September 2, 1776 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder.