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• Catharina Verhaar, Vianen († 1855)
• Christiaan Offerhaus, Winsum
• Adriana Godschalk, Terheijden,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1833)
• Annie Corbett, Orangeburg, SC
• Clasina Vos, de, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1799)
• Aukje Johannes van der Veer, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1829)
• Antoinette Louise Charlotte Caroline von Lenthe, Hannover, Allemagne († 1806)
• Bottje Klazes Bokma, Goinga († 1815)
• Anna van der Voort, Den Haag
• anne CONIL(LE), st.georges d'oléron(17)

• Jacob Claasz Laan, Wervershoof
• Corstiaan Dirkse Rijsbergen van (55), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia van der Voort (0), Den Haag
• Anna Catharina Müller (80), Schwarzbach Erzgebirge
• Adriannus Deelen, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Ernste Van Den Hergrave (74), Vierlingsbeek, Niederlande
• Ann Kemp (52), Bute, Franklin, North Carolina, United States
• Gerritje Aelts (75), Voorthuizen
• Elisabeth GALLICHER (35), Cigogné, 37310, France
• Georg Felix Vrijheer van Hegnenberg-Dux (75)

• 1716 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1778)
• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)

• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)

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)
• January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on January 15, 1778 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.