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• Anna Brepoels, Beverst
• Eleonore Joseph Piette, Thoricourt,7830,Hainaut,BE († 1854)
• Aukje Oebles de Boer, Buitenpost († 1823)
• Aafje Dol, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Aafje Dol, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Evert Harmsen Kroesbergen († 1860)
• Evert Kroesbergen, Bennekom († 1860)
• Anna Bröhan († 1819)
• Aukje Oebles de Boer, Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1823)
• Arie Krijnsz Hoek, Katwijk († 1841)

• Adriaantje Aart van Eeten (80), Tilburg
• Aaltje Jansdr Twisk (64), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Eeten (80), Tilburg (Nl)
• Adriaantje van Eeten (80), Tilburg
• Willem Cornelis van Outshoorn, Oestgeest
• Alexandre Nikititch Troubetskoï (26)
• gerardus peters (72), helden
• Adriana Aert (Ariaantje) Hendrick van Eeten (van Ethen) (80), Tilburg
• Catharina Bremmers (68), Maasniel
• adriana aert hendrick van ethen (80), tilburg

• 1752 » James Morris III, American captain († 1820)
• 1757 » Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf († 1831)
• 1788 » Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician († 1874)
• 1790 » Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic († 1855)
• 1798 » Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1857)
• 1807 » Robert E. Lee, American general and academic († 1870)
• 1808 » Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author († 1887)
• 1809 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic († 1849)
• 1810 » Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (d.1869)
• 1813 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman († 1898)

• 1729 » William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
• 1755 » Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
• 1766 » Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
• 1785 » Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
• 1833 » Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1847 » Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)

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)
• February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• 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.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on January 19, 1778 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.