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• Doetje de Jong, Terhorne
• Bernardus Celestinus Crombez, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 1851)
• Cornelia de Waal, Amsterdam
• ALIDA VAN DER WINDT, VLAARDINGEN († 1780)
• Elisabeth Meesdr Klinkenberg, Leiden
• "Sophie" Fredericka Caroline Louise von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Coburg, Allemagne († 1835)
• Adrianus van der Schoot, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Borsboom, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1779)
• Enoch Ayers, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey († 1854)
• Adriaan Rocphen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)

• Jan van Ekeris (2), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• eijda leendertsdr BOUTKAN (39)
• Catharina de Louw (0), Moergestel
• Hannah Hodges (40), Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Hendrina Niewenhuijs (Nienhuijs) (0), Huissen
• Anna Elisabeth Becker (3), Niederlahnstein, Lahnstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Broer Hendriks Bouma, Op de Heide, St. Nicolaasga (gem. Doniawerstal)
• Hendrina Niewenhuijs (Nienhuijs) (0), Huissen
• Ann Ranney (54)
• Genevieve Delpe dit Pariseau (58), Lavaltrie, 1654473, Quebec, Canada

• 1711 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician († 1761)
• 1719 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat († 1791)
• 1743 » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France († 1793)
• 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
• 1815 » Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer († 1893)
• 1819 » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1894)
• 1830 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist († 1895)
• 1835 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football († 1880)
• 1843 » C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian († 1921)
• 1846 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1906)

• 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
• 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)

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 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• 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.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

The temperature on August 19, 1778 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder.