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Died on Friday August 26, 1678
- Hendrik Warnaer (59)
- Jan VERDONCK (50), Dordrecht
- Jan Ariensz Verdonk, 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
- Jan Aryens Verdonck (50), 's-Gravendeel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Jan Ariens VERDONCK (50), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
- Jacob Jacobs de Jong (53), Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Netherlands
- Egidius Daens (68), Adegem
- Bartel Andries Bartel Verheijen (9), Baarle Nassau
- Jan Ariëns Verdonck (50), Dordrecht
- Barbe ROBELIN, Villers-les-Pots, 21699, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France
Born on August 26
- 1582 » Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint († 1637)
- 1596 » Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king († 1632)
- 1676 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1745)
- 1694 » Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician († 1755)
- 1695 » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter († 1791)
- 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
- 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
- 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
- 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
- 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
Died on August 26
- 1551 » Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
- 1572 » Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (b. 1515)
- 1595 » António, Prior of Crato (b. 1531)
- 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
- 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
- 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
- 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
- 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
- 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
- 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
Names that were popular for boys in 1678
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Willem
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Jean
- Hendrik
- John
- Jansz
- Gerrit
- Joseph
- Van
- Cornelisz
Names that were popular for girls in 1678
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Jans
- Mary
- Johanna
- Neeltje
- Van
- Catherine
- Grietje
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.