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Born on Wednesday February 9, 1678
- Anna Maria Helbach, Osterspai, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
- Cniertje Jannetje Maertensdr Zeeman, Scheveningen († 1705)
- Gabriel Sassmannshausen, Diedenshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1743)
- Cornelis Lourensz. Hofweij, Rijnsburg
- Elijsabeta Verheyen, Blerick († 1747)
- Adriana Sofia Broeck van den, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aeltje van Teijlingen, Maasslsuis
- Aeltje Jansz van TEIJLINGEN, Maassluis
- Elizabeth Stone, St. Werburgh's, Derby, Debyshire, England
- Bastiaen Pieterse Maat († 1683)
Died on Wednesday February 9, 1678
- Ida (Govaers) Govaerts (16), Alken
- Wenefridus (1)
- Guillaume Desrousseaux (38), Tourcoing, 59 (F)
- Wihelmina (Willemynke) VANDEWALLE
- Marie Doyon (25), Maskinongé, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada
- Robert Robearte Hill (England) (63), Surry County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Susanna Bronsvelt (1)
- Antoinette Noullet (43), Tourcoing, 59 (F)
- Jacques RESTOUT (78), Truttemer-le-Grand, 14717, Calvados, Normandie, France
- Wilhelmina VANDEWALLE, Loppem
Born on February 9
- 1651 » Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur († 1727)
- 1666 » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal († 1737)
- 1711 » Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander († 1762)
- 1737 » Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist († 1809)
- 1741 » Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer († 1799)
- 1748 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1817)
- 1763 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden († 1830)
- 1769 » George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1848)
- 1773 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States († 1841)
- 1775 » Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1856)
Died on February 9
- 1555 » John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
- 1555 » Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
- 1588 » Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
- 1600 » John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1542)
- 1619 » Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
- 1640 » Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
- 1670 » Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
- 1675 » Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
- 1709 » François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
- 1777 » Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1678
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
- November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.