About the day » Monday November 16, 1778Calender converter

• Barbara van der Bruggen, Helvoirt (N.Br) († 1836)
• Agatha Nuijten, Etten-Leur,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1844)
• Arie STOUT, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catalina Oppeneer, Hoek († 1848)
• Carel Mulder, Amsterdam
• Bernardus BLOEMERS
• Agatha Gerardus NUIJTEN, Etten-Leur,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1844)
• Agatha Nuijten, Etten-Leur
• Aaltje Hylkes, Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1835)
• Agathe Marie de Saint-Genys, Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France

• Eva Elisabeth Adam Cornelisse (32), Gilze
• Aldert Jansz Piet (66), Oostzaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Adam Cornelisdochter Mertens (32), Gilze
• Christine Spies (70), Langewiese, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Franciscus Dillen (52), Nijlen
• Cassianus Franciscus Petrus Allegoet (65), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Wilhelmus De Veer (65), Geffen
• Franciscus Dillen (52), Nijlen
• Hendrick van Geest (62), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hannah Stanley, Prescot, Lancashire, England

• 1720 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer († 1788)
• 1750 » Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician († 1818)
• 1753 » James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician († 1816)
• 1758 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author († 1841)
• 1774 » Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance († 1845)
• 1793 » Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era († 1861)
• 1806 » Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator († 1887)
• 1807 » Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist († 1845)
• 1811 » John Bright, English academic and politician († 1889)
• 1836 » Kalākaua of Hawaii († 1891)

• 1724 » Jack Sheppard, English criminal (b. 1702)
• 1745 » James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1665)
• 1773 » John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (b. 1715)
• 1779 » Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (b. 1716)
• 1790 » Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (b. 1723)
• 1797 » Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
• 1806 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
• 1808 » Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1779)
• 1836 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)

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)
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• 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 November 16, 1778 was about 8.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen.