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• Catharina MARTENS, Sambeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1806)
• Anna Cuijpers, Someren
• Christianus Arnoldus de Groot, Lithoijen, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Gertrudis BAILLIER, Berloz,Province de Liege,Walloon Region,Belgi
• Antonia van Schendel, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Jansen, Minderhout († 1842)
• Abiah Heath, Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire († 1854)
• Anna Cornelia Jansens, Minderhout, Antwerpen, België († 1845)
• Dora Grada Hesselink, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1781)
• Anna Cornelia Janssens, Minderhout († 1842)

• Hiske Pieters TERPSTRA (64), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Fryslân, Nederland
• Karl Heinrich Pfeilsticker (0), Brettach
• Marie Madeleine Proulx (89), Cap-Saint-Ignace, Québec, Canada
• Petronella Klaas van den BERGH (66), Kalmthout,Antwerpen,Belgie
• Helena Esser (0), Ede, Netherlands
• Arie Cornelisz. Volbregt Volbrecht Vollebregt (66)
• Maria Heuperman (4), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Apollonia Engelsdr. van Schepen (43), Wassenaar aangifte
• Anna Felicia Barbara Petronella van Cassal (31), Fischbach, Luxemburg
• Hiske Pieters (64), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1725 » John Newton, English sailor and priest († 1807)
• 1757 » Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter († 1825)
• 1783 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela († 1830)
• 1786 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer († 1843)
• 1794 » Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist († 1865)
• 1802 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright († 1870)
• 1803 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic († 1856)
• 1803 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect († 1892)
• 1821 » William Poole, American boxer and gangster († 1855)
• 1826 » Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist († 1902)

• 1601 » Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (b. 1542)
• 1612 » John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (b. 1567)
• 1739 » Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
• 1768 » Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684)
• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)

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. Adriana
14. Elizabeth
15. Grietje
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 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on July 24, 1778 was about 18.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.