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• Anna Maria van Wankom, Gorinchem († 1778)
• Adrianus Van den Heuvel, Werkendam
• Anna Catharina van Lunsen, Amsterdam († 1813)
• Adriaan Cornelisz van Tilburg, Meeuwen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annaatje Cornelis Hennevanger, Katwijk aan Zee
• Adrianus Jansz van den Heuvel, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Grete Aabelen, Melstrup, Fresenburg († 1848)
• Adriana Jacoba Ackermans, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendriks Vissers, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Proper, Rotterdam († 1852)

• Arij Rijsdijk (1)
• Abram Pietersz Van Der VELDE (18)
• Harm Julles
• Oliver Screven (0)
• Barnard Elliott (38)
• Lourens van Elten (0), Amsterdam
• Ida Crijnsdr GOUDSWAARD (3)
• Liesa Trien Charlotte Metelmann (4), Reinstorf (Zurow), Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Neukirchen
• Marietje Reijers, Ede
• Henry Proud (78), Lanchester, Durham, England

• 1767 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician († 1830)
• 1768 » Frederick William, ruler of Nassau-Weilburg († 1816)
• 1772 » Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat († 1813)
• 1772 » Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist († 1857)
• 1779 » Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Spanish artillery captain († 1808)
• 1781 » Friedrich von Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist († 1876)
• 1782 » Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts († 1868)
• 1789 » Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman († 1852)
• 1789 » Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer († 1875)
• 1790 » Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor († 1878)

• 1683 » William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)
• 1733 » Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1667)
• 1757 » Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (b. 1672)
• 1760 » George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1806 » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)
• 1826 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)
• 1833 » Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
• 1852 » John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)

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 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on October 25, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.