About the day » Thursday December 24, 1778Calender converter

• Bastiaan Willemse Remijn, Baarland, ZLD, Nederland († 1847)
• Benjamin CURD, Culpeper, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1856)
• Bartholomeus van Hassel, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Post, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• Arie Post, Voorschoten († 1853)
• Annegijn Schunning, Sappemeer
• Akke Koops Oosterhout, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Kraaijeveld, Rotterdam († 1826)
• Anthonia Jansen Dix, Duistervoorde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus van Hasselt

• Anna Elisabeth Verbeeren (32), Nieuwrode (B)
• Cornelis Simonsz Westgeest (0), Oestgeest
• Harbert te Slaa, alias: Kortbeek (74), Aalten
• Crijna Maassluis (78), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aeltje Reijneveen, Wateringen
• Herbert Te Slaa alias Kortbeek (68), Aalten
• Harbert Te Slaa ( kortbeek ) (68), Aalten Gld
• Aagje van LOGHEM, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Harbert(Herbert) te Slaa (68), Aalten
• Herbert Te SLAA (68), Aalten

• 1731 » Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters († 1778)
• 1754 » George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet († 1832)
• 1761 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer († 1831)
• 1761 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1798 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 1855)
• 1809 » Kit Carson, American general († 1868)
• 1810 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator († 1873)
• 1812 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist († 1894)
• 1818 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer († 1889)
• 1822 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic († 1888)

• 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
• 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)

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. Adriana
14. Grietje
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 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 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 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

The temperature on December 24, 1778 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.