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• Anna Maria Offermans, Schin op Geul,, Limburg, Nederland
• Franciscus Benedictus ANNOOTE, Leysele († 1847)
• Anna Theresa Devriendt, Koekelaere († 1866)
• Francisca Rosalia DEWAELE, Esen
• Franciscus De Groof, Wilrijk
• Anna Maria Giron, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Antonius Hendriks OP DEN TIJS, Raalte († 1861)
• Antonius Tijs († 1861)
• Catherine Tevelein, Canterbury-Kent (GB) († 1842)
• Cornelia Roele, Amsterdam

• Geugjen Hendriks Lunenborg (Schonewil) (68), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
• Geugje Hendriks Lunenborger Schonewil (68), Hoogeveen
• Anne Marie BISCHOFF (10), Guevenatten (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Duifje van der Poll (114), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Jansen DEKKERS (45), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)
• Geugien Hendriks Lunenborger (68), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antoinette Madeleine Frédérique de Bruyne (57), Malines par St Pierre et Paul
• Geugien Hendriks Lunenborg Schonewille (68), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelissen Vierhout (5)
• Cornelske Cornelis, Scheemda

• 1735 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician († 1811)
• 1737 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician († 1794)
• 1745 » Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer († 1801)
• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)
• 1815 » Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician († 1872)
• 1818 » Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick († 1896)
• 1821 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1885)
• 1824 » William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary († 1860)
• 1825 » George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author († 1898)

• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands
• 1822 » John Stark, American general (b. 1728)

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 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.

The temperature on May 8, 1778 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.