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• Adriana WILS, Breda
• Anne Marie KAISER, Illfurth, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Catharina ( Trijntje) Tijmens Krijnen, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1846)
• Cornelius Augustijns, Huijbergen († 1780)
• Dirk Wijbetsz Steen, Krommeniedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Anna Barbara Hebb, Upper La Have, Lun, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1881)
• Elisabeth M. Acker, Colebrookdale, Berk Co.,Pennsylvanis, Verenigde Staten († 1819)
• Antonius Elberse, Zeist
• Antje Pieters de Hoop, Wierum, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1814)
• Beeltje Amarentia Christiaan, Banda Neira, Banda, Molukken, Indonesia († 1838)

• Christina van LEE (40), Dinteloord
• Dirk Nannings Buurman (78), Stolwijk
• Hendrick Pieters(z) van Cleeff (65), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Petrus Jacobus TIMMERMANS (62), Oostelbeers, 4068, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Jacobsz. Verkerk (66), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Johanna Corstiaanse FAAS, Dussen-Muilkerk
• Jannetje Vielijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aldegondi Dunbiers (54), Gors-Opleeuw
• Hendrik Pietersz van Cleeff, Charlois-Rotterdam
• Jean Baptiste Thibodeau (2), St Joachim, Quebec, Canada

• 1705 » Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French violinist and composer († 1770)
• 1715 » John Brown, English author and playwright († 1766)
• 1722 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician († 1798)
• 1739 » Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire († 1819)
• 1742 » Richard Cosway, English painter († 1821)
• 1789 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician († 1868)
• 1818 » Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1893)
• 1835 » Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher († 1902)
• 1846 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross († 1869)
• 1850 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet († 1919)

• 1660 » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
• 1660 » Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 » Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
• 1714 » Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
• 1752 » Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)

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. Grietje
13. Aaltje
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)
• February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 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.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on November 5, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. There was 117 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.