About the day » Monday December 28, 1778Calender converter

• Clasina Cornelisse, Stavenisse († 1856)
• Dominicus Dresselaers, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1861)
• Caspar Heinrich KÜRTEN, Landkreis Düsseldorf, Rath, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Gerrit Jansz Wortel, Laren N.H
• Gooikje Tjebbes Walburg, St. Annaparochie
• Gooike Tjebbes
• Cynthia Jane Davies Miller [sMcMrts] "Jane", Chester District, South Carolina ql († 1865)
• Geertje Suijk, Eemnes († 1834)
• Geertje Suik
• Anne Jeanne Ghislaine van Zuijlen van Nijevelt, Brugge, 31005, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

• Anna Maria Wijnhoven (0), Geijsteren, Limburg, Nederland
• David Brown (51), Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Jannes (0), Putten
• Jan zweens, Hulsel
• Abraham Reinhard (62), Ludweiler, Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany
• Hendrik van Putten (49), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hagar Verburg (61), Leiden, te Gerecht
• Arend Gerritsz van den Brandhof (73), Amerongen
• Hendrik Reinders van Putten (49), Epe
• Cornelis Samuelsz de Mooij (40), Rijnsburg

• 1722 » Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist († 1793)
• 1763 » John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery († 1836)
• 1775 » Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer († 1863)
• 1789 » Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" († 1867)
• 1798 » Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician († 1844)
• 1818 » Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic († 1897)
• 1842 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer († 1891)
• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)

• 1694 » Mary II of England (b. 1662)
• 1703 » Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
• 1706 » Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
• 1708 » Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
• 1715 » William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)
• 1734 » Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)
• 1736 » Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670)
• 1785 » Peter Ernst Wilde, Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732)
• 1795 » Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)
• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)

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 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 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 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on December 28, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: donker hagel regen bui.