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• Berend Derks van Otterlo
• Arie Bastiaansz Niemansverdriet († 1793)
• Abigail Ranney, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
• Anne te Koppele, Lichtenvoorde
• Berend Derks van Otterloo, Beekbergen
• Annegie Vreeswijk, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1824)
• Adrianus DIJCKMANS, Zeelst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1829)
• Anne de Koppel (Abbinck), Lichtenvoorde
• Aartje Jansd Dekker, Heenvliet
• Andries Hiddes Halbertsma, Makkum, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1841)

• Dirkje van der Gus(T) (6), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• helena joosten KROOK (43), geertruidenberg
• Henri Sébastien LETRONNE (71), Bellevaux-Ligneuville,4960,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Gotthard Willem van Üxküll Heer van Fickel (43)
• Hendrik Willemsz de Lint (0), Klundert (N.B.)
• Joannis van der Toorn (0), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Elizabeth Upson (89), Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Hendrick Verkroost (70), Maarssen
• Anna Theresia Mortier (61), Ichtegem
• Jacobus Minet (41), Culemborg

• 1727 » Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and educator († 1779)
• 1746 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor († 1828)
• 1750 » John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer († 1836)
• 1793 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1877)
• 1805 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist († 1887)
• 1811 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic († 1899)
• 1820 » Anna Sewell, English author († 1878)
• 1820 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania († 1882)
• 1844 » Paul Verlaine, French poet († 1896)
• 1853 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator († 1890)

• 1689 » Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish atheist and philosopher (b. 1634)
• 1707 » Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French general and engineer (b. 1633)
• 1764 » Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1695)
• 1783 » William Hunter, Scottish anatomist and physician (b. 1718)
• 1804 » Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1718)
• 1806 » Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757)
• 1830 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
• 1840 » Beau Brummell, English-French fashion designer (b. 1778)
• 1842 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755)
• 1864 » Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)

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 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on March 30, 1778 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.