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• Catharina Francisca Neyt, Sint-Kruis, België († 1832)
• Aelbert Sevink
• Cornelis Hoogenboom, Ellemeet († 1849)
• Anna Mechtilds Mechtelt Geuskens, Echt († 1858)
• Cors van der Klugt, Haarlem († 1842)
• Cornelius van den Heuvel, Deursen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Constant Van Steenberghe, Herzele,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1856)
• Antonia Dullaert, Temse
• Anton Kramer, Winterberg, Kreis Brilon
• Anna Magdalena Palmhoff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1815)

• Cornelius Demille (Mille), Lissewege
• Barbara Petronilla VAN DER Hulst (0), Erps
• Anna Catharina Paulus (55), Bergenhausen
• Jean-Baptiste Galouzeau (53), Granges-sur-Vologne, Vosges, France
• Geertje Karels van Ettikhoven (1), Driebergen
• Joba (Jopija) van der Meer (63), Wateringen
• Everhardus van der Paart (56), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Jochems Stellingwerf (30), Lisse
• Hyeronimus (Vanrijckel) Vanrijkel (63), Alken
• Johannes Moelants (8), Retie, België

• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)
• 1819 » Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism († 1850)*1822 - Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge († 1896)
• 1832 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist († 1894)

• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)

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.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on October 20, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.