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• "Sophia" Dina des H.R. rijksbarones van Leyden, Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Adrianus van Dommelen, Knegsel
• van Harten, Delfshaven, zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1817)
• Albertus Busselaar, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Schapendonck, Tilburg († 1829)
• Aaltje Willemsdr Schouten, Urk († 1854)
• AALTJEN LOTTERMAN, Hardenberg († 1857)
• Anna Harms Koster
• Anne Gertrude GOELEVEN, Kaggevinne
• Albert, Zoutkamp

• Anne Marie WALDMANN (85), Bourbach-le-Haut, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Buwe Andriesz Born (75), Sneek, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland
• Claudia Henriette Catin (76), Saint-Pierre, 39494, Jura, Franche-Comté, France
• Carel Rouw (0), Amsterdam, Noord Holland
• Amelberga Van Kerckhove (44), Sint-Pauwels
• Geeske Everts Hacquebard Hackebord (0), Leeuwarden
• Anna Maria Reijnierssen (72), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hiltje Tekes Helmus I (6), Niezijl
• Denis Tremblay (1), St Philippe de La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
• Henri François de Bounam (67)

• 1727 » Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician († 1781)
• 1755 » Robert Gray, American captain and explorer († 1806)
• 1760 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer († 1836)
• 1760 » Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet († 1826)
• 1770 » Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1823)
• 1788 » Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer († 1827)
• 1812 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer († 1902)
• 1813 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General († 1883)
• 1838 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln († 1865)
• 1841 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster († 1918)

• 1717 » John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
• 1726 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)
• 1774 » Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
• 1787 » William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
• 1794 » Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)
• 1798 » George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)

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. Adriana
14. Grietje
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 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.
• 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.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on May 10, 1778 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.