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• Anna Elisabeth Maria Wuyts, Aarschot
• Anthonia (Tona) Verkuijl, Oud-Vossemeer († 1860)
• Anthonia Verkuijl, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 1860)
• Alida (Aaltje) van der Heijden, Leiden, Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands († 1822)
• Aagje Jacobs van der Meer, Wijns, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1839)
• Aleijdis Holthuijsen, Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonia Verkuijl, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 1860)
• Alida Kruijk, Leiden
• Annigje Verdam, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• "Joseph"us Lucas, Zierekzee (Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland († 1843)

• Adrianus De Reuver (62), Driel
• Cornelia Rietveld (2), mijnsheerenland (zuid holland)
• Johann Peter GILLEN (73), Heisterberg, Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany
• Jan Willems (54), Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Jenneke Vermeulen (59), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Henricus Gijsen (85), Holtum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Joanna LEEUW,DE, Terheijden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Jansz de Jong (60), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Joannes Beurskens (73), Kessel
• Johannes BEURSKENS (73), Beesel, Limburg, Netherlands

• 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)

• 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 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
• February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

The temperature on January 8, 1778 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken.