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August 5, 1678Born on Saturday August 6, 1678
- Carolina Rielant, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Wilhelmus SCHELLE, Boxtel, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands († 1749)
- Nicolaas Jan Nicolaas Van de Pas, Oisterwijk, Nederland
- Annetie Oudeklem, Strijen
- Annetie Oudeklem, Strijen
- Thomas Garrard Newton, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colony († 1727)
- Gertrudis Goessens, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1743)
- Jean François Le Febvre, Fournes en Weppes, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
- Teuntje Maartens van den Bos, Woerden
- Wilhelmus (Willem) Schelle, Boxtel Noord-Brabant Netherland († 1749)
Died on Saturday August 6, 1678
- Orseltge Ariens, Delft
- CATHERINA HUYBRECHT PETERS VAN KRINKEL (63), Zundert, Nederland
- Francijntie Willems
- (Colonel) Thomas Birch (70), Birch Hall, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire County, England
- Cornelis Borsselaer (60)
- JOANNES VAN DEN BRANDEN (26), HAMME,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Heidenreich VII Vrijheer Droste van Vischering (62)
- Catharina Hubertus Peeters van Crinckel (63), Zundert-Groot-Zundert
- Cornelis Borsselaar (61)
- Rebecca (73), Charleston, Ma
Born on August 6
- 1619 » Barbara Strozzi, Italian composer and singer-songwriter († 1677)
- 1622 » Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral († 1666)
- 1638 » Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher († 1715)
- 1644 » Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France († 1710)
- 1651 » François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet († 1715)
- 1656 » Claude de Forbin, French general († 1733)
- 1666 » Maria Sophia of Neuburg († 1699)
- 1667 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician († 1748)
- 1697 » Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor († 1745)
- 1715 » Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author († 1747)
Died on August 6
- 1628 » Johannes Junius, German lawyer and politician (b. 1573)
- 1637 » Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
- 1645 » Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
- 1657 » Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
- 1660 » Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
- 1666 » Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
- 1679 » John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
- 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
- 1695 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
- 1753 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
Names that were popular for boys in 1678
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Willem
- Petrus
- John
- Hendrik
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Thomas
- Jacobus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1678
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Johanna
- Neeltje
- Anne
- Grietje
- Sarah
- Jannetje
- Aaltje
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.