1776

events

• 15. January: In the Subsidienverträgen land count Friedrich leaves II. of Hessen Kassel own soldiers at England for the application in North America.
• 4. July: Withthe United States of America 9 develop for the signing of the American declaration of independence of the British colonies in
• America. October: First European settlement in San Francisco

• formation of the Vizekönigtums of Buenos Aires
• Adam Smith publishes the world-changing work prosperity of the nations
• Adam pointing head creates the Illuminatenorden

culture

• 7. May: Premiere of the Singspiels that bar beer of Sevilla of Friedrich Ludwig Benda in Berlin

• the Bolschoi theatre is born

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• 6. January: Ferdinand of Schill,Prussian officer, free corps leader († 1809)
• 7. January: Heinrich Schmelen, founder of the mission station Bethanien in southwest Africa († 1848)
• 15. January: William Friedrich, duke of Gloucester, members of the British king family († 1834)
• 16. January: Alexandrede Girardin, French general, († 1855)
• 16. January: Johann Heinrich Moritz of Poppe, German mathematician and physicist († 1854)
• 24. January: E. T. A. Hoffmann, German romantic († 1822)
• 24. January: Wilhelmine half, German Pädagogin and authoress († 1841)
• 25. January: Joseph Görres, German Gymnasial and university teacher and journalist († 1848)
• 4. February: Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, German physician and natural scientist († 1837)
• 11. February: Ioannis Kapodistrias, politician (Greece) († 1831)
• 14. February: Christian Gottfried Nees of Esenbeck, German Botaniker and nature philosopher († 1858)
• 23. February: Johann David Gruschwitz, German textile textilindustrieller († 1848)
• 23. February: John walter (the younger one), owner and publisher of the “The Time” († 1847)
• 10. March: Luise of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Prussian queen († 1810)
• 12. March: Hester Stanhope, US-American adventuress († 1839)
• 28. March: Charles François Brisseau de Mirbel, French Botaniker († 1854)
• 1. April: Sophie Germain, French Mathematikerin († 1831)
• 8. April: Wassili Michailowitsch Golownin, Russian naval officer and scientist († 1831)
• 27. April: Hyacinthe Jadin, French composer and professor († 1800)
• 4. May: Johann Friedrich kind of harsh, German philosopher, psychologist and paedagogue († 1841)
• 7. May: Dániel Berzsenyi, ungarischer Dichter († 1836)
• 17. May: Amos Eaton, US-American scientist († 1842)
• 8. June: Thomas Rickman, British architect († 1841)
• 11. June: John Constable, British landscape painter († 1837)
• 1. July: Sophie Gay, FrenchAuthoress († 1852)
• 16. July: Johann George von Soldner, German physicist, mathematician and astronomer († 1833)
• 2. August: Friedrich Stromeyer, German chemist († 1835)
• 14. August: Friedrich Tieck, German sculptor († 1851)
• 15. August: God-dear send, German painter of the classicism († 1812)
• 15. August: Ignaz of Seyfried, Austrian conductor († 1841)
• 15. August: Ignaz Xaver of Seyfried, Austrian composer († 1841)
• 18. August: Sigismund August Wolfgang von Herder, German geologist and Mineraloge († 1838)
• 27. August: Barthold George Niebuhr, historian († 1831)
• 13. October: Peter Barlow, British writer and physicist († 1862)
• 28. October: Joachim Haspinger, minister and animal oiler Patriot († 1858)
• 17. November: Friedrich Christoph fitter, German historian († 1861)
• 19. December: Edward Somerset, important British Kavalleriegeneral († 1842)
• 26. December: Christian Friedrich Brendel, German mining engineer († 1861)

died

• 19. March: Anton Ulrich of Braunschweig, Russian general and prince von Braunschweig (* 1714)
• 24. March: John Harrison, English Uhrmacher, inventor thatClock inhibition and the temperature compensation (* 1693)
• 26. April: Wilhelmina Luisa of Hessen darmstadt, first wife of the Zaren Paul I. (Russia) (* 1755)
• 7. May: Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, woman of the Mark count von Baden (* 1734)
• 25. May: Johann George von Langen, German forest and upper hunter master (* 1699)
• 26. July: Benedicta Margareta of Löwendal, Unternehmerin (* 1683)
• 25. August: David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (* 1711)
• 1. September: Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, German poet (* 1748)
• 1. September: Peter Anich, Pionier of high mountain cartography (* 1723)
• 6. September: Johann Boumann, German building master (* 1706)
• 28. October: Sophie of Saxonia Hildburghausen, duchess of Saxonia Coburg Saalfeld (* 1760)
• 16. November: James Ferguson (astronomer, 1710-1776), Scottish astronomer and mechanic (* 1710)
• 14. December: Johann Jakob Breitinger, Swiss Philologe and author (* 1701)
• 26. December: Johann Rall, Colonel (* 1725)