About the day » Thursday February 19, 1778Calender converter

• Asa Mansfield, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States († 1852)
• Anna Josepha Wecx, Vorst Kempen, 2430, België († 1840)
• Christina Benne, Maarssen († 1869)
• Albert Sijes Miedema, Miedum († 1811)
• Everardus (Bart) Butselaar, Amersfoort († 1856)
• Albert Sijes Miedema, Miedum Friesland († 1811)
• Antonia Matthijssen, Elst (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1840)
• Egidius Van der Auwelaert, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1779)
• Albertus Geerts Verbeek, Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1834)
• Age Bernardus, Workum, Friesland, Nederland

• Antoine Saunier (47), Blacé, Rhône, France
• Amelie Knabben (79), Herkenbosch,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Nagtegaal (70), Rijnsburg, Nederland
• Nachtegaal (70), Rijhnsburg
• Gabriel Felicite Louvet (5), Roiglise, Somme, France
• Hendrik Jacobs BROUWER (3), Groote-Lindt
• Francina SPREEUWENBERGH (29), Lierop,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz Nagtegaal (70), Rijnsburg
• Hermann Achenbach (65), Raumland, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Claas Berents Volders (2), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1717 » David Garrick, English actor, playwright, and producer († 1779)
• 1743 » Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer († 1805)
• 1798 » Allan MacNab, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Premier of Canada West († 1862)
• 1800 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun and social worker, founded the Sisters of Providence († 1851)
• 1804 » Carl von Rokitansky, German physician, pathologist, and philosopher († 1878)
• 1821 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic († 1868)
• 1833 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1906)
• 1838 » Lydia Thompson, British burlesque performer († 1908)
• 1841 » Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor († 1929)
• 1855 » Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna († 1908)

• 1672 » Charles Chauncy, English-American minister, theologian, and academic (b. 1592)
• 1709 » Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1646)
• 1716 » Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1634)
• 1785 » Mary, Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1701)
• 1789 » Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (b. 1733)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)

• 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 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 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.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• 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 February 19, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.