About the day » Wednesday February 18, 1778Calender converter

• (1) Pietertje Pieterse Trompetter, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1804)
• Catharina BLIEK, Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1843)
• Anne Elisabeth Pelsers, Sint Odiliënberg, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Antonia Van Den Heeden, Aalst, Alost, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1855)
• Anna Catharina Schmidt, Ransbach
• Antje Ploeg, Noordwijk binnen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Alexandrine Blechamps, Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1855)
• Anne Elisabeth Pelsers, Sint Odiliënberg
• Aagje Teunisdr Schoorl, Heemskerk († 1830)
• Aaltie Alida Pekelharing, Amsterdam

• Claes Jans (88), Schokland, Nederland
• Henderina Sanders, Pannerden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beatrix-Theresia Van Puyvelde (70), Belsele
• Elizabeth Meadows (born Stone) (67), Anson County, NC, United States
• Claes Albertsen (88), Emmeloord, Flevoland, Nederland
• cornelia pietersdr snaijer (72), rockanje (zuid holland)
• Cornelia Pietersdr. Snaijer (60), Rockanje
• Anna Elisabeth Sybille Richmode van der Recke Vrouwe van Heessen (63)
• Claes Albers Klappe (88)
• Geertje Jans Dral (29), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1732 » Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer († 1809)
• 1745 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery († 1827)
• 1814 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician († 1900)
• 1817 » Lewis Armistead, American general († 1863)
• 1836 » Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and yogi († 1886)
• 1838 » Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1916)
• 1846 » Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager († 1904)
• 1848 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist († 1933)
• 1849 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician († 1906)
• 1850 » George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor († 1934)

• 1695 » William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
• 1712 » Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
• 1743 » Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
• 1748 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
• 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
• 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)

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. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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".
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 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.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.

The temperature on February 18, 1778 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.