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• Derck Schouten, Arnhem († 1847)
• Engelbertus van Malsen, Amsterdam († 1826)
• Cornelius van Os, tiel († 1865)
• Catharina Heylen, Noorderwijk († 1828)
• Anna Gertrudis Koop, Klein Fullen, Meppen, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriana Catharina Versfelt, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1785)
• Ariaantje van der Steeg, Hedel
• Cornelis van Os, Tiel († 1865)
• Dirk Molenaar, Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1825)
• Anna Maria LACQUAY, Diets-Heur (B) († 1816)

• Anna Legendre (77), Woerden
• Arie Rijsdijk (65), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Ari Pleune Rijsdijk (65), Ridderkerk, Holland (South), Netherlands
• Arie Pleune Rijsdijk (65), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• arij kors weeda (57), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Arie Weeda (57), Oud-Beijerland
• Ary Corstiaan Weeda (57), Oud-Beijerland
• Arij Pleunsz Rijsdijk (65), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• arij pleunen RIJSDIJK (66), ridderkerk
• Arie Pleunen Rijsdijk (65), Ridderkerk

• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 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.

The temperature on May 20, 1778 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.