About the day » Tuesday March 18, 1777Calender converter

• CORNEEL VAN BOUWEL, Schilde († 1777)
• Corneel Van Bauwel, Schilde († 1777)
• Eugenius Josephus CASTELEYN, Bovekerke († 1846)
• Aagje Kaas, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1845)
• Everdina Overman, Arnhem († 1854)
• Charlotte Dorothea Westphal, Pennekow, Duitsland (nu Polen) († 1842)
• († 1839)
• Anna Elisabeth Cörvers, Waldenrath (Heinsberg), NRW (D)
• Ephraim Sweetser
• Gerritdina Post, Almelo († 1861)

• Catharina van Roij (7), Netersel
• Cornelia Aertsd SCHIT (70), Alblasserdam
• Cornelia Sophia Cassa (1), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Elisabeth van Roij (0), Bladel
• Catharina Janssen Leenders SMITS (76), Veghel, 4303, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andre Delvaux (86), Berloz
• Anne MEYER (67), Riedisheim, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Bartholomeus Mevissen (97), Herten, Nederland
• Cornelia Enschot (63), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henricus Van Elewijt (73), parochie Sint-Amandus, Strombeek-Bever, Vlaams-Brabant, België

• 1733 » Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller († 1811)
• 1780 » Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince († 1860)
• 1782 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States († 1850)
• 1789 » Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor († 1871)
• 1798 » Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher († 1872)
• 1800 » Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz († 1854)
• 1813 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright († 1864)
• 1814 » Jacob Bunn, American businessman († 1897)
• 1819 » James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria († 1893)
• 1820 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy († 1891)

• 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
• 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
• 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
• 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
• 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
• September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
• November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
• November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
• December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
• December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

The temperature on March 18, 1777 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.