About the day » Tuesday March 17, 1778Calender converter

• Cornelis Roodenhuis (Rodenhuis), Leeuwarden († 1778)
• Coleta Constantia Arteschene, Langemark West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Derk Nijman, Lochem
• Adrianus Jospehus Dierickx, Denderleeuw († 1835)
• Binne Folkerts Fennema, Suameer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis-Jan Rodenhuis, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Barbara Liedmann, Schlitt bei Guttstadt († 1848)
• Christina Timmermans, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Vermeer, oosterhout († 1820)
• Antje Janssen, Blandorf

• Barbara van Molenschot (66), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara van Molenschot (66), Waspik, Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Barbara van MOLESCHOT, Waspik, 4375, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen Aalberts Palm (48), Apeldoorn-'t Loo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendina Jans (77), Zwolle, Nederland
• Aardje Aalberts Palm (23), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendina Jans Neuteboom (76), Zwolle
• Gilles MAERTEN (70), Warhem, Friesland, Nederland,59380,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• ? Stevens, Ermelo
• Henrich Koch (3), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1725 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician († 1806)
• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)
• 1820 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author († 1897)
• 1834 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft († 1900)
• 1839 » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer († 1901)

• 1704 » Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
• 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
• 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
• 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)

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)
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
• November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on March 17, 1778 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.