About the day » Sunday September 22, 1776Calender converter

• Adrianus Janus van der Schaft, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1860)
• Anna Liefrin(c)k, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Catharina Adriaans, Hapert († 1859)
• Abraham ALDENHOVEN, Cuijk, 3417, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1854)
• Anna (Jansen) Wonnink, Lochem († 1842)
• Aaltje Jans Kaptein, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1843)
• Adrianus van der Schaft, Utrecht († 1860)
• Angenitha Cantzelaar, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1859)
• Aart Cornelisse Visser, Woerden († 1851)
• Aaltjen Kaptein, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1843)

• Helena Elisabeth van Nijeveen (81), Groningen
• Jan Cornelisz Kooger (72), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Joanna de Maesschalck (56), Zele
• Johannes Frowin (0), Schwelm, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Geertrui Johannesd BORSTLAP (5)
• Cornelis Pietersz van Dijk (0), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Franz Wilhelm Anton, Graf von NESSELRODE (74)
• Johanna Maria Pietersdr Pontvlaams (66), Rotterdam
• Harm Willemsz (Naarding), Een, Drenthe, Nederland
• Johannes Boot (0), kranenburg, NRW, Deutschland

• 1741 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist († 1811)
• 1743 » Quintin Craufurd, Scottish author († 1819)
• 1762 » Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author († 1850)
• 1765 » Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1822)
• 1788 » Theodore Hook, English composer and educator († 1841)
• 1791 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist († 1867)
• 1819 » Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic († 1897)
• 1829 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor († 1883)
• 1833 » Stephen D. Lee, American general and academic († 1908)
• 1835 » Alexander Potebnja, Ukrainian linguist and philosopher († 1891)

• 1692 » Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
• 1703 » Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
• 1756 » Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
• 1774 » Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
• 1776 » Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
• 1777 » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
• 1828 » Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
• 1852 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
• 1872 » Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1801)

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. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
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 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
• March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
• April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• 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.

The temperature on September 22, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.