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• Anna Maria van Chrughten, Posterholt
• Antonie van HEKEZEN, Hedel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1861)
• Anna Cornelia Huygen, Eeckeren († 1808)
• Catharina Frederica Swanepoel, Cape of Good Hope († 1855)
• Allegonda van Hoogstraten, Lage Mierde, Nederland († 1849)
• Anneke Kleun, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1791)
• Antonia Wolters, Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1816)
• Alegonda Barbara van de Werd, Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1814)
• Bazilius Eugenius Borreman, Ypres/ Iepere, WVld, Be († 1861)
• Anna Elisabeth Loots, Zichem

• ANNA MARIA SCHNEIDER (4), GAPPENACH, RHEINLAND, GERMANY
• Anna Margaretha Pfaff (80), Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Elisabeth Grübener (4), Stünzel, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Everts Hilhorst, Eemnes
• Benedictus Van den Steen (6), Vlekkem
• Aagje Boender (78), 's Gravendeel, Hoeksche Waard, Z.H
• Andries Prinsen, Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Anne Marie GEIL GAIL (39), Balschwiller / Ueberkumen, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Aaltje Harmens Brand (39), Aalsmeer, Noord Holland
• Giron Baudry (21), Saint Ciers d'Abzac, 33910, France

• 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
• 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
• 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
• 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
• 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
• 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)
• 1817 » Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1904)
• 1820 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1821 » Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer († 1861)
• 1832 » Richard Henry Park, American sculptor († 1902)

• 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
• 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
• 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
• 1768 » Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)

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 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.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on February 17, 1778 was about 0.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.