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• Elisabeth Bankman, Leiden († 1855)
• Farna Haveman, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Weijbrug (Wijbruggen), Alkemade († 1849)
• Dirkje Bosch (Bos), Elspeet († 1835)
• "Louise" Ghislaine Mélanie Boucquel, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France († 1848)
• antje posthuma, lippenhuizen
• Alle Heslinga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Francoise ( Van Den Broucke ) Vandenbroecke, Aartrijke
• Anna VAN DEN BROECK, Lille, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1849)
• Elisabeth BANKEMAN, Leiden, Pieterskerk

• Francijntje Hendriks van Tiel (4), Barneveld
• Johannes Bel De (2), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes Haerkens (74), Oeffelt
• Joseph Simmons (77)
• Maria Christina Dirkx (43), Schaesberg, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Van der Borght (49), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Hermanus Antoni van de Poll (0), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gebina Schohle (69), Rhede
• Claude CHERPIN (57), Mardore,69240,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Joseph Simmons 577 (76), Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten

• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author († 1846)
• 1771 » Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont († 1834)
• 1774 » Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata († 1819)
• 1774 » François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer († 1838)
• 1777 » John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer († 1856)
• 1782 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician († 1847)
• 1783 » Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer († 1850)
• 1784 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay († 1853)
• 1788 » Thomas Blanchard, American inventor († 1864)
• 1795 » Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist († 1878)

• 1637 » Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
• 1643 » John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1766 » Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
• 1778 » Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
• 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)

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)
• February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on June 24, 1778 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.