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• antonius peters, helden († 1836)
• Catharina Liviengood (Dieffenbach) Diffenbach
• Anna Maria Berg, van den, Ottersum († 1828)
• Antonius Verhaegen, Schriek († 1868)
• Arie Rijper, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1847)
• Anna Maria Bronder, Marpingen, St Wendel, Saarland (D) († 1857)
• Catharina van Leur, Dreumel
• Catharina Margrieta Wubbenhorst, Amsterdam († 1850)
• Aansk Zeldenrust, Molkwerum (Gem. Hemelumer Oldeferd), Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltie Feddes van der Feen, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• Judith Meijer Stokvis (44), Amsterdam
• Helena Sievering, Ahlen
• Botte DOUWES (80), Sleat (Sloten), Gaasterlân-Sleat, De Fryske Marren, Frieslân, Nederland
• Jacques CADET (50), SAINT PIERRE LE VIEUX(85)
• Egidius Maes (39), Kallo, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Johannes Schöler (53), Siegen-Obersetzen, Duitsland
• Adriana Ariens Lagendijk (36), Ridderkerk
• Joannes Petrus Senden (27), Brunssum
• Gilles Maes (39), Kallo Calloo Callooij (B)
• Geerd Tinholt (50), Neuenhaus, Duitsland

• 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
• 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
• 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
• 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
• 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)
• 1787 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright († 1855)
• 1790 » Leopold I of Belgium († 1865)
• 1804 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic († 1889)
• 1812 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales († 1867)

• 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
• 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)

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)
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• 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 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 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 December 16, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. There was 51 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: hagel regen geheel betrokken.