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• Beitske Jacobs (Betske) Douma, Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1833)
• Aagje Stigter, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Dirk Garama, Arnhem († 1848)
• Agnes S. Gentry Phillips, Surry County, North Carolina, United States († 1852)
• Anna Craeimeys, Kortemark,8610,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Elisabeth Kinkel, Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg († 1824)
• Cornelia Hendriksd SCHILPEROORT, Oud-Beijerland († 1850)
• A. Margaretha Reid, Danzwiesen, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Beitske Betske Jacobs Douma, Murmerwoude († 1833)
• Ann Frances Beale Harrison, Loudoun County, Virginia († 1779)

• Grietje Pieters van Dongen (68), Strijen
• Cornelis Luijcken van Steenhoven (72), Oosterhout (Oosterhout) (Noord-Brabant)
• Hindrick Harms*, Haren, Groningen, Nederland 'Achter de Esse'
• Jacob de Visser, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan VERSCHUEREN (64), Merksplas,, Antwerpen, België
• Abigail Newton (75), Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Cornelia Heijnsdijk, Terneuzen
• Ann CRACKNELL, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England
• Cornelis van Steenhoven (72), Oosterhout
• Hendrik ten Cate (79), Hengelo

• 1755 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist († 1809)
• 1763 » Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor († 1826)
• 1763 » Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet († 1827)
• 1765 » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician († 1831)
• 1765 » Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati († 1831)
• 1767 » Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson († 1828)
• 1777 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic († 1841)
• 1789 » Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist († 1883)
• 1792 » Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer († 1855)
• 1801 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago († 1883)

• 1724 » Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (b. 1674)
• 1768 » James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
• 1772 » Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (b. 1694)
• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)

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)
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 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 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.
• 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 June 15, 1778 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.