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• Aart Frederiks van der Heide, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van der Heijden, Elburg
• Amélie Joseph HANON, Havré, 7021, Hainaut, Belgique († 1857)
• Berendina MELLENDIJK, Wisch, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• bastiaan vliegvis, middelharnis (goeree overflakkee) († 1845)
• Abraham Lehman Denlinger
• Ariaantje Woutersdr. van Leeuwen, Stompwijk († 1849)
• Aldert van de Wal, Ochten († 1820)
• Anna Maria De Bruyckere, Maldegem († 1778)
• Christopher Ernst Ditlev Reventlow, Christianss�de (Tostrup) Sk�rringe (Fuglse H., Maribo) († 1781)

• ANNA CATHARINA GOESSENS (0), Heugem
• Egge Tammes (42)
• Emilius Rodenrijs (48), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia DE JONG (56), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Geenkens (94), Mol, Belgium
• Cornelis Buysse (0), Oostacker (B)
• Col. Thomas Armstrong (42), Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Digna Daems (59), Gierle
• Gerardus Nahuys (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Egberts Gaikma (55), Bergum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1711 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty († 1779)
• 1750 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral († 1810)
• 1758 » Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician († 1820)
• 1767 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor († 1835)
• 1774 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist († 1845)
• 1783 » Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure († 1858)
• 1791 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer († 1824)
• 1792 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand († 1842)
• 1820 » Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic († 1891)
• 1840 » Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec († 1923)

• 1716 » Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
• 1764 » Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
• 1800 » William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)
• 1802 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)

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 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
• 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.
• December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

The temperature on September 26, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen.