About the day » Wednesday November 25, 1778Calender converter

• Claasie Janszen Smit, Laren N.H.
• Benjamin Bullis, Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States († 1859)
• Abraham Hartog van Gelderen, Schoonhoven († 1847)
• Anne Lieuwes Kingma
• Catharina Felderhoff, Kranenburg (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Biense Martens Woudstra, Murmerwoude († 1826)
• Andreas van Stiphout, Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1779)
• Adrianus Franciscus Verelst, Westmalle (Vlaanderen) (België) († 1855)
• Baart Wennis, Uitgeest
• Christiaan Michaël Gerlich, Mons

• Heribertus (Harpert) HELM,VAN DER (68), Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• jannetje VREUGDENHIL (42), naaldwijk
• David Milling (60), Drumbo, County Down, Ireland
• Harpert Arentsz van der Helm (68), Pijnacker
• Broer Ijsbrands Haagsma (86), IJls
• Jacques BOUCHEZ, Vieux-Condé, Nord, Hauts-De-France, France
• Jan Broers Haagsma (52), Hommerts, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert Jacobsz Beijersbergen van Henegouwen (3), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• IJsbrand Broerszn Haagsma (52), Hommerts
• Aelbert Jacobsz. Beijersbergen (3), Wassenaar aangifte

• 1752 » Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer and critic († 1814)
• 1753 » Robert Townsend, American spy († 1838)
• 1758 » John Armstrong, Jr., American general and politician, 7th United States Secretary of War († 1843)
• 1778 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist († 1856)
• 1787 » Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer († 1863)
• 1814 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist († 1878)
• 1815 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician († 1904)
• 1817 » John Bigelow, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to France († 1911)
• 1835 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist († 1919)
• 1841 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic († 1902)

• 1694 » Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
• 1700 » Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (b. 1643)
• 1748 » Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674)
• 1755 » Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (b. 1687)
• 1785 » Richard Glover, English poet and politician (b. 1712)
• 1865 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1884 » Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
• 1885 » Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)

• 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 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on November 25, 1778 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht.