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• Carolina, Maria, Hendrina Conraetz, Venlo (L) († 1778)
• Berendina Stegeman, Ruurlo
• Anna Maria Van Pelt, Kasterlee, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1812)
• Andrew Symington, Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland († 1857)
• Dirk van Jaarsveld, Hagestein († 1840)
• Dirk Jansz Roos, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1779)
• Adrianus Bakker, Stad aan 't Haringvliet († 1855)
• Corneliske Cornelis van der Meulen, Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1783)
• Cornelia Offermans, Breda († 1855)
• Cornelia LANSMANS, Gorinchem († 1838)

• Claas Kruimer (3), Beekbergen
• Berendina Jans Montesaan (53), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Helena Outraat (76), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Claas Kruimer (3), Beekbergen
• Adriana Bronsgeest (58), Den Haag
• Berendina Montesan (54), Vaassen (Gem.Epe)
• Aibe Jacobs (52)
• Berents Olthof, Steenderen
• Anna van HEUGTEN (77), Asten, 3287, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Wildenboer (7)

• 1752 » Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer († 1837)
• 1760 » Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer († 1797)
• 1762 » Stephen Storace, English actor and composer († 1796)
• 1772 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement († 1810)
• 1780 » Edward Hicks, American minister and painter († 1849)
• 1785 » Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer († 1859)
• 1792 » Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician († 1868)
• 1802 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist († 1887)
• 1818 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author and poet († 1883)
• 1819 » Maria II of Portugal († 1853)

• 1743 » Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
• 1761 » Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722)
• 1766 » John Taylor, English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)
• 1792 » James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1807 » Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)
• 1817 » André Masséna, French general (b. 1758)
• 1841 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
• 1846 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (b. 1769)
• 1861 » John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (b. 1785)

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. Grietje
13. Aaltje
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)
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• 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.
• 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 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on April 4, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.