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• Frederik Willem Thorbecke, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1864)
• Franciscus Leonardus (Francois Leonard) Triebels (Tribels - Treijbels - Trijbels), Eygelshoven, Limburg, Nederland († 1807)
• Gijsje Maassen, Nijkerk
• Gerrit van den Berg, Vierpolders
• Antje Been, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Elisabeth van Hoogen, Hoorn,Gemeente Hoorn,North Holland,Netherlands († 1851)
• Georg-Friedrich WALTHER, Bad Dürkheim(D)
• Armand Genebaud RICHARD, Assevillers,80200,Somme,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1832)
• Cornelis van Gelder, Amersfoort
• fransisca ., sao romao de neiva barcelos viana do castelo

• Jeanne Mercier (Mersié)
• Maria Antoinette Purgstall (65)
• Josephus DEVROU (73), Heule, 8501, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Helena van ASVELT, Oisterwijk, 4060, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Francisca Kinnart (28), Neerheylissem
• Adrianus Bijvoet (4), Alkmaar
• Cornelis Enklaar (68), Arnhem
• Arnoldus Hendriksz van den Born (80), Wageningen
• Joannes Dirksz Bijvoet (1), Alkmaar
• Klaas Gerrits, Hellum

• 1752 » Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician († 1797)
• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)
• 1813 » Richard Wagner, German composer († 1883)

• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)

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 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.

The temperature on May 22, 1778 was about 10.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.