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• Clara Maria HOUTMAN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Aerts, Zammel, 2440, Varendonk, Antwerpen († 1853)
• Anna Geertruyda van der Tuuk, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1814)
• Dirkje Stoffels Righolt, Rhenen
• Antje Claesdr BERCKEL, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1802)
• Daniel Deeter, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1865)
• Antje van Berkel, Alphen
• David Enman, Prince Edward Island († 1841)
• Fennigje Derks Boeve, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1807)
• Antje Berkel, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1802)

• Hubertus van Vianen (78), Den Haag
• Gerben Jans (1) Andringa (63), ,, St. Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
• Joannes VANLERBERGHE (68), Hulste, 8531, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Baltus van BUNSCHOTEN (58), Maarssen, 5485, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arij Teunisz Hardenbol (56), Ameide
• Huybert (Hubertus) van Vianen (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Winnen (53), Orsmaal-Gussenhoven
• Agnes Ludwina Geyskens (0), Zichem
• Catharina WELLENS (90), Meerhout, Meerhout, Antwerpen, België
• Gijsje van Zwieten (39), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1710 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general († 1795)
• 1723 » Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher († 1806)
• 1758 » Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician († 1802)
• 1770 » David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer († 1857)
• 1777 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist († 1855)
• 1803 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia († 1879)
• 1829 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic († 1884)
• 1857 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist († 1940)
• 1857 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist († 1920)
• 1865 » Max Nettlau, German historian and academic († 1944)

• 1696 » Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)
• 1736 » Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668)
• 1758 » François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1792 » John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)
• 1795 » Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
• 1806 » Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
• 1841 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
• 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)

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 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.

The temperature on April 30, 1778 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht.