About the day » Sunday May 18, 1777Calender converter

• Anna Geertruij de Vries, Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1847)
• Adrijanis de Heus, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Schippers, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje MIDDENDORP, Rotterdam
• Aaltjen FUCHTEN, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• (Jan) Pieter Van Eijs, Guttecoven,, Limburg, Nederland († 1866)
• Adrianus van der Bijl, Wassenaar († 1778)
• Anna BEXSTER, Amsterdam
• Aart de Jong, Lekkerkerk († 1778)
• Aagje Pieterd Dekker, Zijpe, Nederland († 1853)

• Brigitta Meersman (2), Temse
• Jan (1773)
• Arnoldus mr. Abeleven (35), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Jan Tjibbes (Tjebbes) (64), Gorredijk
• Dominicus van Broekhoven (56), Oosterhout
• Apollonia Willemsd VOGELAAR (3)
• Catherine DAUTRICOURT (86), Vimy,62861,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Edze Eelkes van der Veen (37), Veenwouden, Friesland, Nederland
• Chiel Jobsz VERSCHOOR (42)
• Edse Eelkes Westra (38), Veenwouden (Tietjerksteradeel)

• 1711 » Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1787)
• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)

• 1721 » Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)
• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)

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)
• April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
• August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
• 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 May 18, 1777 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.