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• Cornelis Pietersz Blaak, Heinenoord, Nederland († 1815)
• Carola Van de Walle, Bachte Maria Leerne († 1837)
• Ansje Zeinstra, Akkrum (Friesland)
• Arentie Jansd PAASSCHEN, Den Bommel
• Charles William Stewart Of Londonderry († 1854)
• Charles William Vane Baron Stewart of Londonderry, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland († 1854)
• Aaltje Jelmers Hiemstra, Grouw († 1874)
• Charles William 3rd Marquess of Londonderry Vane, KG GCB (Stewart) († 1854)
• Antje Piers Prins, Rinsumageest († 1853)
• Egidius Jacobus Fobe, Beveren-Waas

• Amelberga Foubert (14), Temse, O-Vl, BE
• Magaretha Tielemans (75), Almelo, Nederland
• JOANNES WILS, Lichtaert
• Benjamin Dickinson (74)
• IJda van Eijk (1)
• Bene Simens (46), Ulrum
• Marie Jeanne GERARD, HAVELANGE, Namur, Belgique
• Neeltje Willemsdr. Slagboom (63), Alblasserdam
• Elizabeth Swemer (35), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Lucy Ann Gaines (27), Culpepper, Virginia, United States

• 1711 » Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1787)
• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)

• 1721 » Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)
• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)

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.
• 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 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on May 18, 1778 was about 12.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.