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• Arnoldus Ludovicus Welters, Leiden
• Elizabeth Towler ****, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1846)
• Anne Marie VERMEERSCH, Sint Kruis,8310,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1805)
• Anna Catharina Daems, Hilvarenbeek († 1850)
• Catharina Daems, Hilvarenbeek
• Abram Zijde(R)velt, Maassluis († 1844)
• Caspar van Mierlo, Blaarthem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Engeltje Willems Wijker, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1805)
• Elisabeth Kuijer, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Gerrits van de Reuver, Amersfoort

• Catharina van der Burg, Schagen
• Hendricus Petri van de Kerckhof (34), Aarle-Rixtel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus DE Schepper (47), STEKENE
• Bastiana Dircx de Veld (62), Kethel
• Bastiana VELT,DE (62), Kethel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frank Joosten van Adrichem (75), Overschie
• Adrianus Franciscus De Schepper (47)
• Aalbertje Sommer (73), Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Frank Joosten van Adrichem (75), Overschie
• Adrianus Aartsz. Oudenes (28), Zegveld, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1723 » Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator († 1790)
• 1751 » Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen († 1827)
• 1764 » Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer († 1837)
• 1771 » Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer († 1806)
• 1786 » Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer († 1832)
• 1798 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist († 1895)
• 1800 » Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York († 1866)
• 1816 » Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument († 1888)
• 1825 » Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic († 1904)
• 1829 » Thomas Hill, American painter († 1908)

• 1677 » James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611)
• 1680 » Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
• 1721 » Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
• 1733 » François Couperin, French organist and composer (b. 1668)
• 1760 » Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704)
• 1823 » David Ricardo, English economist and politician (b. 1772)
• 1843 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1865 » Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 » Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)

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)
• January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 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.
• November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on September 11, 1778 was about 12.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen half bewolkt.