About the day » Tuesday January 13, 1778Calender converter

• Albert Harms Pottjewijd, Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland († 1837)
• Cornelia GOIJAARDS, Dongen
• Alberdina Geurtsen, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1844)
• Anna Maria Peeters, Kessel († 1829)
• Anna Maria Peeters, Kessel, Li.NL († 1829)
• Anna Catherina Koch, Ossendrecht, Woensdrecht, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1780)
• Anna Helena Borghorst, Walchum († 1843)
• Albert Harms Pieter Kloppenburg, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1837)
• Albert Harms Pottjewijd-, Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland († 1837)
• Bonifacius van der Haer († 1827)

• Francoise Legault (1), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
• Anna Maria Stans (41), Venray, Nederland
• Ariaantje Willemsz van Nielen (Ielen), Monster
• Jacques FASSOTTE (82), Fléron,4620,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE,Trois Chênes
• Gamaliel Church (45)
• Dirk Kuijper (53), 's-Gravenzande
• Hendrik KOK (10), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Jacobus Kluit (1), Brielle
• Agnes Areator (69), Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adriana [Dionisius] van den Broek (1), Oerle

• 1720 » Richard Hurd, English bishop († 1808)
• 1749 » Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright († 1825)
• 1787 » John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts († 1854)
• 1804 » Paul Gavarni, French illustrator († 1866)
• 1805 » Thomas Dyer, American lawyer and politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago († 1862)
• 1808 » Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States († 1873)
• 1810 » Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker († 1892)
• 1812 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic († 1883)
• 1832 » Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist († 1899)
• 1845 » Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic († 1896)

• 1684 » Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (b. 1628)
• 1691 » George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
• 1717 » Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
• 1775 » Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)
• 1790 » Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, French admiral (b. 1712)
• 1796 » John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
• 1832 » Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
• 1838 » Ferdinand Ries, German pianist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1860 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
• 1864 » Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)

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. Grietje
13. Aaltje
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 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 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.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on January 13, 1778 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.