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• Aale Barghuis, Bauerhausen (Uelsen), Germany († 1829)
• albert jans dekker (landbouwer), Hoogeveen, Drente, Netherlands († 1843)
• Adriana Cop
• Adrianus Nicolaus Theodorus van Erk, Hilvarenbeek
• Adriana Kop (Cop), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Leermakers, Vught († 1853)
• Andrieske Symens, Rien († 1854)
• Aagje Terwiel, Brielle, Grote of Sint Catharijnekerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Nettleton, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1783)
• Annigje Pieters de Reus, Oud-Beijerland († 1847)

• Gerardus Kraaijvanger (24), Doesburg
• Geertruyd Jansdr. (Geertrui) van der Marck (76), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Maartje Tromp (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Janna Hendriks Schothorst, Vorden
• Joanna Maria Jacoba Buytaert (79), Temse
• Janna Schothorst (63), Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arentje van Dijk (1), Kampereiland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Everardus Gustavus Schaepman (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, NL
• Jacoba Van van Wijngaarden (78), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Janna (Andriessen Geurt) Knippenberg (36), Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands

• 1737 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1815)
• 1751 » Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint († 1820)
• 1751 » Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician († 1793)
• 1769 » Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet († 1860)
• 1780 » Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author († 1872)
• 1782 » Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint († 1867)
• 1785 » Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium († 1871)
• 1791 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine († 1871)
• 1803 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author († 1882)
• 1819 » E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator († 1899)

• 1646 » Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)
• 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
• 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
• 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
• 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
• 1786 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)

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)
• January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.

The temperature on December 26, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.