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• Anna Boeren, Ulicoten, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)
• POULAIN, Marant,62170,Pas-De-Calais,Hauts-De-France,FRANCE († 1778)
• Adriana van Driel, IJsselmonde († 1825)
• Anna Hendrikz Sleeper, Wildervank, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1855)
• Alida Zink, Arnhem († 1823)
• Anna BOEREN, Ulicoten,5113,Noord-Brabant,Baarle,NEDERLAND († 1820)
• Alewijn de Pagter, Grijpskerke († 1812)
• Anna Therese Kimpe, Zedelgem († 1803)
• Abraham van Landeghem, Temse († 1838)
• Anna Marij de Graas, Herveld

• *Samuel Gaylord (68)
• (0), Veldhausen, Neuenhaus, Deutschland
• Antje Janssen Fresemann (77), Dorenborg (D)
• Christina v.HE-Rheinfels (61), unbekannt
• Hendrik Vrooman (22), unbekannt
• Anne Marie Closset, Ensival, België
• Franciscus DE BOUVERE, Moerkerke, 31019, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anne Tjamkes (62), ,, Jutrijp, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aart Aert Lamberts Haverkamp (54), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Gastel (46), Breda (NL)

• 1745 » Anthony Wayne, American general and politician († 1796)
• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)
• 1806 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player († 1853)
• 1809 » Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist († 1880)
• 1813 » George Bliss, American politician († 1868)

• 1697 » Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)
• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)

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)
• January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on January 1, 1778 was about -2.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken.