About the day » Sunday May 17, 1778Calender converter

• adriaantje willemsdr van HULST, charlois
• Aaltje Wieland, Loon, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1830)
• Aleida Gerrits Ulzens, Marle (Hellendoorn), Overijssel, Nederland
• Trijntje Berkheij, Katwijk († 1842)
• Agnietje Klaassen van Kruijstum, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1819)
• Mourits, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Agnietje van Kruistum, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Peters Budding, Opheusden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1779)
• Andries Jansen van Rosendaal, Axel (Zeeland) NL
• Aartje Jelissen Van Laar, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1813)

• Anna Sophia Ubbink (40), Amsterdam
• Grietje Van EIJNDHOVEN (51)
• Daniel Danielsz de Jongh (2)
• Arnoldus Adriaensen (58), Rijkevorsel
• Eliasib Sarfaty (80)
• Eva Barbara (66), Ehrenbreitstein-Heiligkreuz, Dld
• Jan Seepers (67), Heerewaarden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Joanna Jenneken JANSEN (46), Bladel, 3338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacob Hage (8)
• Jeanne DURLIAT (48), Br√©chaumont (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)

• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)
• 1835 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland († 1900)

• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)

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. Joanna
6. Cornelia
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 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.
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• 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.

The temperature on May 17, 1778 was about 15.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.