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• adriaantje van GAMMEREN, oud-beijerland († 1843)
• Berend de Frenne, La Hulpe, België († 1838)
• Dominicus Van Auwenis, Ruisbroek, 2870, Puurs, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1837)
• Anna Elisabeth (2) Didden, Zichem, 3271 België
• Domenicus Van Houwenis, Ruisbroek († 1837)
• Berend de Frenne*, La Hulpe,B († 1838)
• Agathe GSCHWIND, Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Sophia Krienke, Pösen, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thueringen, Germany
• CORNELIUS BREUGELMANS, Veerle
• Gerbert Cornelisz van Neck, Wormerveer

• Aaltje Stevens (19), Noord-Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ernst Womelsdorf (6), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Ingetje Leeuwen van (42), Hillegersberg
• Ignasia (Ingetje) van Leeuwen (42), Hillegersberg
• Ingetje (Ingenasia Ignatia) van Leeuwen (42), Hilligersberg
• Berent Wouters van Manen (56), Bennekom, Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ingetje van Leeuwen (42), in de Geref. Kerk te Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Jacobus, Jacques EDELYNCK, Uitkerke (Blankenberge),8370,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• André HASSENFORDER (72), Burnhaupt le Bas 68520
• Elisabeth Schneider (8), Großenbach, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1718 » Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic († 1808)
• 1720 » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist († 1793)
• 1724 » Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony († 1780)
• 1750 » Frederick Adolf, duke of Östergötland († 1803)
• 1796 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1811 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet († 1863)
• 1818 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden († 1896)
• 1821 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer († 1910)
• 1837 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist († 1873)
• 1843 » Virgil Earp, American marshal († 1905)

• 1695 » Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
• 1698 » Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1633)
• 1721 » Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
• 1730 » François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (b. 1644)
• 1756 » Pieter Langendijk, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1683)
• 1792 » John Paul Jones, Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (b. 1747)
• 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)

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 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
• February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 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.

The temperature on July 18, 1778 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.