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• Aaltje Molenaar, Zandvoort
• Abraham Levies, Oirschot
• Aafke Freerks Cuperi, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1844)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmi Hopstaaken, Etten († 1822)
• Aagje Molenaar, Zandvoort, N-H, NL
• Arnoldus Andreas de Laat († 1787)
• AALTJE DE WITTE, RUINEN
• Aaltje Gerrits de Witte, Ruinen
• Anna Cornelia Krijnen, Gr-Zundert († 1806)
• Assien Lindeboom, Heino, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1781)

• Cornelis Adriaanszn de Regt (66), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• ? Bos
• Henri Joseph LAMBERT (55), Fronville (Hotton),, Luxembourg, Belgique
• helena schut, waalwijk (noord brabant)
• Cornelis Jansz Hartsinck (48), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartje Martensen, Hierden
• Fenneken Olthof (3), Gelselaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Diedrich von der Pahlen (40), Lowenwolde
• Catherine SCHWEGER (0), Lemberg, 57, Moselle, Lorraine, France
• cornelis adrianus de REGT (66), colijnsplaat(ZE)

• 1760 » Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician († 1797)
• 1771 » Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author († 1870)
• 1775 » Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal († 1851)
• 1777 » Robert Clark, American physician and politician († 1837)
• 1795 » John Marston, American sailor († 1885)
• 1798 » Samuel Cooper, American general († 1876)
• 1800 » Samuel Wright Mardis, American politician († 1836)
• 1802 » Harriet Martineau, English sociologist and author († 1876)
• 1806 » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge († 1869)
• 1807 » Ante Kuzmanić, Croatian physician and journalist († 1879)

• 1668 » Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1675 » Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634)
• 1734 » James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia (b. 1722)
• 1772 » Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
• 1778 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (b. 1716)
• 1816 » Pierre Augereau, French general (b. 1757)
• 1818 » Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)

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)
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• 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 June 12, 1778 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder.