About the day » Thursday April 9, 1778Calender converter

• Andries Maartensz VogeleNzang, Leiden († 1846)
• Adrianus Anthonius Goossens, Diessen († 1854)
• Anna Elisabeth Sophia HOHENLANSBERG († 1852)
• Anna Elisabeth Sophia van Schwartzenberg en Hohenlansberg, Leeuwarden († 1852)
• Anna Elisabeth Sophia des H.R. Rijksbarones thoe Schwartzenberg en Hohenlansberg, Leeuwarden,Gemeente Leeuwarden,Friesland,Netherlands († 1852)
• Aldeondis Vanbockrijk, Zonhoven, België († 1854)
• Aaltjen Gerrits, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Akke Durks WIERSMA, Tjerkgaast
• Andries Vogelenzang, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• Abraham Hanekamp

• Elisabeth Plett (1), Weidenhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hendrik ter Hoeven (49), Loenen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abigail Sawyer (89)
• Hermijntje Jans Haan (53), Bussum
• Henricus Calis, van (0)
• Auke Piers Hoekstra (67), Smallebrugge, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Auke Piers (67)
• Cornelia Cornelisdr Dernison of Dernout (74), Zandvoort
• Vroonhof (0), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Abraham Noorlander (0), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1770 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic († 1831)
• 1773 » Étienne Aignan, French author and academic († 1824)
• 1794 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer († 1881)
• 1802 » Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist († 1884)
• 1806 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge († 1859)
• 1807 » James Bannerman, Scottish theologian and academic († 1868)
• 1821 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic († 1867)
• 1830 » Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer and cinematographer († 1904)
• 1835 » Leopold II of Belgium († 1909)
• 1835 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore († 1913)

• 1693 » Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (b. 1618)
• 1747 » Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1667)
• 1754 » Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (b. 1679)
• 1761 » William Law, English priest and theologian (b. 1686)
• 1768 » Sarah Fielding, English author (b. 1710)
• 1804 » Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1732)
• 1806 » William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)

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.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on April 9, 1778 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: helder.