About the day » Sunday July 5, 1778Calender converter

• Aletta VISSCHER
• Anne Josepha GEUNS, Vorst, 2430, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Annigje van 't Hoenderdaal, Stoetwegen (Zeist), Utrecht, Nederland († 1822)
• Adriana de Rooij, Capelle († 1833)
• Antje Sybes van Huizen, Oudkerk
• Annigje van 't Hoenderdaal, Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1822)
• Adriana Stoops, Poppel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1840)
• Antje SYBES, Aldtsjerk (Oudkerk), Tytjerksteradiel, Fryslân, Nederland († 1811)
• Alida Veldhoven, Delfshaven
• Antonia Godefrida Neomagus, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1807)

• Katharina Knebel (42), Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Louis DECHESNE (65), Etableau, 37350, France
• Anna Amalia Josepha van Este (78)
• Derk Hendrik Duenk (77), Lichtenvoorde, Oost Gelre, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Jane Burrows (33), Monongalia Cnty, Virginia, Colonial America
• Jannetje Bus (0)
• Dirk DUENK (77), Lichtenvoorde, Oost Gelre (NL)
• Bouke Bottema (2)
• Gerrit Hendrik Kloosterman (78), Roelofarendsveen te Alkemade
• Juda van Sante

• 1745 » Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician and poet († 1824)
• 1755 » Sarah Siddons, English actress († 1831)
• 1780 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician († 1838)
• 1793 » Pavel Pestel, Russian officer († 1826)
• 1794 » Sylvester Graham, American minister and activist († 1851)
• 1801 » David Farragut, American admiral († 1870)
• 1802 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral († 1855)
• 1803 » George Borrow, British writer († 1881)
• 1805 » Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand († 1865)
• 1810 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1891)

• 1676 » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1613)
• 1715 » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)
• 1719 » Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641)
• 1773 » Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
• 1819 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
• 1826 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)
• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)

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 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 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 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.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• 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.

The temperature on July 5, 1778 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht.