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• Anna, Elisabeth Höppener, Scherpenseel (D)
• Ann Daniell, Cuddalore, Coast of Coromandel, India († 1855)
• Anna Digna Cornelia Pinson, Utrecht († 1810)
• Anna Loenhout van, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Jansen van den Heuvel, Hoogland († 1827)
• Cornelia Dingeman, Ossenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1854)
• Anna PIETERSE Hollander, Waddixveen († 1838)
• Adrianus de Kruijff, Zoelen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1849)
• Adrianus de Kruijff, Zoelen († 1849)
• Adrianus Weyns, Minderhout, België

• Geertje Jans (38), onstwedde
• Harmina Verstege (Versteegh), Steenderen en Bronkhorst
• François Bonaventure Braud (40)
• Delphine Fruleux, Lorgies
• Geertje Jans Lefferts (38), Onstwedde, Nederland
• Geertje Jans (38), Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jacobus GRIETEN (37), Zichem,3271,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Anna Maria Grieten (37), Zichem, 3271 België
• Gerardus Antonius Nollet (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Janssen Hinderichs (38), Stiekelkamperfehn (Auf dem Fehn)

• 1728 » Peter III of Russia († 1762)
• 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
• 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
• 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
• 1794 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico († 1876)
• 1801 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal († 1890)
• 1817 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright († 1893)
• 1821 » Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons († 1871)
• 1836 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer († 1891)
• 1844 » Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer († 1937)

• 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
• 1715 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
• 1730 » Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)

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".
• 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 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 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.

The temperature on February 21, 1778 was about 4.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.