About the day » Sunday April 12, 1778Calender converter

• Anna Ziegler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States († 1857)
• Aagje Heerschap, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
• Abraham Stokhuijzen, Leiden († 1819)
• Abraham Stokhuizen, Leiden, Z.H († 1822)
• Andries Netten, Hardinxveld († 1855)
• Aaltjen Oortgijzen, Zelhem
• Aafje van Wijk, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Jacobsz. Varkevisser, Katwijk aan Zee († 1861)
• Anna Catharina Theeuws, Kasterlee († 1778)
• Aaltjen (2) Oortgiese (= Oortgijzen), Zelhem (Bronckhorst)

• Benoite BUFFARD (0), Mardore,69240,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Joris Jacobusz Olivier (36), Oudenhoorn
• Johanna van Houdt, Middelburg
• Hendrik Willems VELDHUIJSEN (7)
• Jacobus Spuij (van der Spuij,van der Spruij,van der Spuy) (58)
• François MERCIER, Auvet-et-la-Chapelotte, 70043, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• Grietje Woldring (0)
• Aaltje UWES (6), De Weerden (Wirden, Wudden), Oudwoude, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Fryslân, Nederland
• Marc GROGNEUF (20), Bréhand, 22510, France
• Arnoldus Bosmans, Oostham 3945(Belgie)

• 1724 » Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia († 1790)
• 1748 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author († 1836)
• 1777 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1792 » John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal († 1840)
• 1794 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer († 1847)
• 1796 » George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts († 1861)
• 1799 » Henri Druey, Swiss lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1855)
• 1801 » Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor († 1843)
• 1816 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria († 1903)
• 1823 » Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator († 1886)

• 1687 » Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
• 1704 » Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
• 1748 » William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
• 1782 » Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
• 1788 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
• 1795 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
• 1814 » Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)

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 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.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• 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.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on April 12, 1778 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder.