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• Adriana Snels, Alphen en Riel († 1851)
• Auke Imkes Donker, Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia van Inneveld, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1817)
• Aldegondis van HOUTEN, 's-Hertogenbosch, 4192, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Snels, Alphen, Alphen-Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1851)
• Anna Catharina van Steenbergen, Temse
• Alexander Lundin ***, St Monance, Fife, Scotland († 1859)
• "Pieter" Pietersz Tamboer, Herkingen († 1855)
• Antonetta (Antonia) van Henneveld (Inneveld), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1817)
• Anna Maria Van Ummissen, Neeritter

• Anna Maria Coucke (0), Loppem
• Elisabetha de Cort (7), Bladel
• Johan Willem Augustijn van Wijnbergen (63)
• Antonius Maartensz. de Geus (0), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• Claes Karstes Ros (74), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Gol (80), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gijsbert Vermeulen (51), Maarssen
• Garritjen Hendriks Morrenhof (29), Gorssel
• Johan Willem August van Wijnbergen (63), Venlo
• Jan Willem Augustijn van Wijnbergen (63), Venlo,Gemeente Venlo,Limburg,Netherlands

• 1764 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist († 1831)
• 1769 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat († 1835)
• 1770 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general († 1843)
• 1778 » Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy († 1862)
• 1781 » Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader († 1830)
• 1782 » Alexander Macomb, American general († 1841)
• 1783 » Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian († 1859)
• 1791 » Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d.1840)
• 1798 » Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877)
• 1807 » Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer († 1877)

• 1695 » Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636)
• 1717 » Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
• 1728 » James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
• 1792 » George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
• 1804 » Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
• 1827 » Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
• 1838 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)

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. Adrianus
16. John

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

• 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)
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on April 3, 1778 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.