About the day » Thursday September 10, 1778Calender converter

• Gerarda Miltenburg, Vechten
• Dorothea Van Vlassenroot, Hamme († 1778)
• Antje Doedes Cremer, Norden, Nedersaksen, Duitsland († 1810)
• Arent Jan Conhuurne (Cunhorn), Diepenheim
• Adriana Lambreghts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Francisca Coletta ARENS, Blankenberge Belgie († 1853)
• Geert Koops, Schoonebeek,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1862)
• Antje Sipkes Algera, Tytsjerk, Nederland († 1850)
• Gerarda Miltenburg, Bunnik, Nederland
• Arie Overheul, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1846)

• Maria Catharina Pollet (61), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Maritje Jans Al (75)
• Anna Van Cauter (55), Wieze
• Joanna Catharina Everdey (46), Waterland-Oudeman, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• José Lopes Simões (64), Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Johanna Catharina Everdeijn (46), Waterland-Oudeman (Sint-Laureins), Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Heiltjen Cornelis, Zuidbroek
• Anna Elisabeth Wissner (78), Kesselbach, Wurtemberg, Germany
• Ari Bakker (41)
• Lamberta Pannekoek (52), Amersfoort

• 1753 » John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall († 1837)
• 1758 » Hannah Webster Foster, American author († 1840)
• 1786 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico († 1854)
• 1786 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician († 1860)
• 1788 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author († 1868)
• 1793 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist († 1834)
• 1801 » Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner († 1881)
• 1821 » William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia († 1897)
• 1836 » Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician († 1906)
• 1839 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls († 1912)

• 1669 » Henrietta Maria of France (b. 1609)
• 1676 » Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (b. 1609)
• 1748 » Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
• 1749 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
• 1759 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (b. 1703)
• 1797 » Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (b. 1759)
• 1842 » Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1842 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (b. 1792)
• 1851 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American minister and educator (b. 1787)
• 1867 » Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1788)

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.
• 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.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 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 September 10, 1778 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.