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• Antoine Vanwest, Sint-Truiden, België († 1854)
• Adrianus Pietersz Van KOESVELD, Schiedam († 1862)
• Adrianus van Koesveld, Schiedam († 1862)
• Barbe Thenissen, Vlijtingen, Limburg, Belgium
• Arnoldus De Rop, Mazenzele († 1857)
• Ahasuera Kramer, Uelsen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1850)
• Anna Catharina Haseloff, Plötzin (Pruisen) († 1780)
• Antonius Brouwers, Terheijden, Noord Brabant
• Anna Cornelis de Keijzer, Werkendam († 1823)
• Abraham Kooper, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Ariaantje Jacobsdr de Reus (71), Katwijk aan Zee
• Jan Kerkhoven, Cool, Nederland
• Ariaantje de Reus (68), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Henricus van Hattum (1), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jacob Cornelisz Slis, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus Bernardus Vermeire (5), Maldegem-Adegem
• Johannes Hendriksze Bakker (55), Blaricum
• Georg Ludwig Stremmel (1), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Cornelis de Jong (37), Stad aan het Haringvliet
• Jan ( Joannes) Hendricksz Bakker ( Werketer) (55), Blaricum, Koptienden Huizen Laatste: 1775-23

• 1764 » Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright († 1811)
• 1776 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece († 1831)
• 1800 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype († 1877)
• 1802 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist († 1880)
• 1805 » Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer († 1866)
• 1812 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America († 1883)
• 1813 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic († 1865)
• 1821 » Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar († 1881)
• 1830 » Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer († 1913)
• 1833 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States († 1910)

• 1650 » René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
• 1755 » Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
• 1763 » William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
• 1795 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)

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)
• 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 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• 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 February 11, 1778 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist.