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• Charles-Ferdinand de France, Versailles, 78646, France († 1820)
• Blaise STUCKER, Rammersmatt, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1838)
• Charles Ferdinand D'ARTOIS, Palais de Versailles, Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France († 1820)
• charles françois RICHARD, St Waast (F-59) († 1779)
• Charlotte Wilhelmine von SEYDEWITZ († 1831)
• Anna Maria Klaas van Leeuwen, Beemster († 1820)
• Charles Ferdinand Joseph van FRANKRIJK (BOURBON) († 1820)
• Charles Ferdinand Bourbon, Duke of Berry († 1820)
• Anna Catharina Leyendekkers, Stevensweert
• Charles Ferdinand van Frankrijk, Versailles († 1820)

• Anna Wilhelmus der KINDEREN (65), Son en Breugel
• Geert Jans Kamps (75), Gasselte, Nederland
• Anne Joseph l'Antoine (5), Beaumont
• Elisabeth van Laar (38), Epe
• Frederik Jongerling (12), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacomina VERSTEG(H)EN (58), Leveroy(L.)
• JOANNA THERESIA DE CALUWE (34), DE KLINGE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Geert (Jans) Kamps (75), Gasselte
• Catarina van Velsen, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Horn Graaf van Ekebyholm (60), Stockholm

• 1746 » Gustav III of Sweden († 1792)
• 1749 » Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1806)
• 1754 » Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor († 1820)
• 1761 » Louis Klein, French general († 1845)
• 1763 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician († 1831)
• 1776 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer († 1822)
• 1787 » Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist († 1864)
• 1804 » Delphine de Girardin, French author († 1855)
• 1814 » Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess († 1858)
• 1814 » John Colenso, British mathematician († 1883)

• 1626 » Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
• 1639 » Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
• 1666 » Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1709 » George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)

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 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 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 January 24, 1778 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken mist.