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• Adrianus Cornelisz Moerman (Moorman), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Aaltje LORIJN, Dordrecht
• Adriaan Zaanen, Ammerstol († 1856)
• Aagje de Geus, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Kreuzer, Kaldenhausen (D)
• Adriaan Groenewegen, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arij Boonstoppel, Hardinxveld († 1847)
• ADRIANUS MOERMAN, BRIELLE († 1861)
• Aaltje Koops Dol, Veendam
• Adriaan Saane, Ammerstol († 1856)

• Guilielmus CHRISTIAENS (38), Essene,1790,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Alexandrine Charlotte van Westerholt (54), Enghausen, Bayern, Germany
• Claas Willemsz de Haas (62), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Ghent (79), Gent,9000,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,Belgique
• Jacquette HELIGOC (73), Kergloff,29270,Finistère,BRETAGNE,FRANCE
• Karel Sigismund Vrijheer van Dörnberg-Herzberg (60), Slot Hausen, Oberaula, Hessen
• Charlotte Alexandrine van Westerholt (55), Huis Enghuizen
• Jean Nicolas LEBEAU (61), Sons et Roncheres,02,Aisne,Hauts de France,FRANCE
• Grietje Rijkse, Eemnes
• Alexanderina Charlotta Van Westerholt (54), Kasteel Enghuizen, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1706 » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1741 » Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author († 1803)
• 1777 » Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet († 1811)
• 1785 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet († 1866)
• 1792 » Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian († 1853)
• 1804 » Mongkut, Thai king († 1868)
• 1822 » Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire († 1883)
• 1831 » Frederick III, German Emperor († 1888)
• 1836 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz († 1911)
• 1850 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic († 1935)

• 1678 » Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593)
• 1739 » António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
• 1744 » Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
• 1770 » John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
• 1775 » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
• 1817 » Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)

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 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.
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• 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.

The temperature on October 18, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.