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• Adriana Adriaanse de Vin, Kerkwerve († 1858)
• Alida Kruijk, Leiden
• Aagje, Wijns
• Aaltje Claeses Rolsma, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1806)
• Arnolda van der Wurf, Utrecht († 1834)
• Abner Keith
• Annigje Verdam, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana de Vin, Rengerskerke († 1858)
• Anna Maria Helsen, Westerlo († 1816)
• Aagje Jacobs van der Meer, Wijns († 1839)

• Jenneke Vermeulen (59), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Josina Marijnisse DECKERS, Nispen-Essen
• CHRISTIAN GERBER WEBER (83), Towamencin, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
• Antonius Vestiens (81), Boom, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Vork (77), Amsterdam
• Anna van Drakenburg (90), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Joseph Thayer (78), Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Anna Wijdoogen (0)
• Josijntje Marijnse Dekkers (84), Nispen-Essen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joanna de Leeuw, Terheijden

• 1735 » John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University († 1815)
• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)

• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)

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 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 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.
• 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 8, 1778 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken.