About the day » Saturday August 1, 1778Calender converter

• Cornelis Wiebes Stegenga, Harich, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1833)
• Alida Magdalena Burghgraaf, Bourtange (gem. Westerwolde) († 1780)
• Anna Musser, Manor, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1823)
• Dirk Hendrikse de Koning, Amerongen († 1811)
• * Norbertus Zwaans, Vlijmen († 1867)
• Cornelis Wiebes Steginga, Harich († 1833)
• Cornelis Huijgsz Visser, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Jongejan, zuidland (zuid holland) († 1825)
• Agnes Jacobi Daendels, Berlicum
• Benjamin Davidson Brown, Hanover, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1860)

• Daniël Jooss. Feijtel (39), Scherpenisse
• Geertruij van Gog (2), Amersfoort
• Antonius Sap (0), Zwevezele
• Anna Rybinski (68), Kalwaria
• Dirk Petersen van Kesteren
• Hubertus de CONINCK (67), Zevenbergen, 4427, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hubertus Coninckx (67), Zevenbergen
• Bartelmies Jacobsz Balder (75), Broek op Langedijk,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirck van Kesteren (35), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Jordens van der Maath (57)

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

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 6 » New York became the third 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.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on August 1, 1778 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.