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• Aart Hendrikszoon Rosmolen, Goudswaard († 1842)
• Anna Theresia Wegge, Rumst, 2840, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Alexander Brown, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States († 1879)
• Aaltje de Roos, Blauwcapel († 1828)
• Adrianus Kentie, Gorinchem, Gemeente Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1822)
• Antonia Hesselmans, Goirle
• Cornelis Cornelisz Backer, Oud-Alblas († 1863)
• Barbara Weidman, Elizabeth, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1806)
• Aletta de Roos, Blauwkapel, Utrecht, Nederland († 1828)
• Catharina Vinken van der, Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aart Dirksen Grift (0), Putten
• Gommarus Blockhuys (62), Duffel
• Catrina Abrahams (55), Bergen op Zoom
• Jean François DUJACQUIER (48)
• Cornelia van der Helm
• Hendrik (Hijndrijck) Snellenbergh (58), Borculo (GL)
• Johann Albrecht BOEYE (53), Travenhorst
• Jenneke Rijks van den Clingenbeek (38), Amerongen
• Gommarus Blockhuijs (62), Duffel
• Gommarus Blokhuys (62), Duffel, België

• 1712 » Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric († 1770)
• 1728 » Mary Hayley, English businesswoman († 1808)
• 1735 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States († 1826)
• 1751 » Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1816)
• 1762 » André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright († 1794)
• 1786 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author († 1871)
• 1799 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop († 1885)
• 1839 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter († 1899)
• 1857 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist († 1904)
• 1861 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter († 1929)

• 1680 » Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
• 1685 » Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1603)
• 1690 » Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (b. 1614)
• 1730 » Nedîm, Turkish poet (b. 1681)
• 1757 » Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (b. 1684)
• 1757 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1699)
• 1809 » William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1816 » Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (b. 1784)
• 1853 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786)

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)
• January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.

The temperature on October 30, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.