About the day » Sunday February 22, 1778Calender converter

• Adriaan van Schouwen, Sint Annaland († 1849)
• adrianus van schouwen, sint annaland (zeeland) († 1849)
• Anna Maria (Mary) DeLauder, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, United States († 1865)
• Adriana Veltenaar, Maassluis († 1852)
• Adriana Ooms, Groot-Ammers, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1836)
• Aagje Jacobsdr van Duijn, Katwijk aan Zee († 1779)
• Adriaan Van Schouwen, Sint Annaland (Tholen) († 1849)
• Adrianus de Kruijff, Zoelen
• Alida Gerbade, ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1829)
• Anna Elisabeth Campher, Swellendam, Cape, South Africa

• Anna Maria Roelants, Maldegem, Oost Vlaanderen Belgie
• Berent Hendriks van Rein
• Jacobje Willems (31), Ede
• Catharina Ortmans (69), Hellebroek-Nuth (Beekdaelen), Limburg, Nederland
• Jacobje Willems, Ede
• Gerard BECKX (96), Scherpenheuvel/Zichem (B) and Messelbroek/Zichem (B)
• Adriana van Agthoven (66), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Jan Boerman (0), Nieuw Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Arnoldus Cornelisse Meesters (61), Heusden
• Levenloos Provoost (0), Oostduinkerke

• 1732 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States († 1799)
• 1749 » Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist († 1818)
• 1778 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator († 1860)
• 1788 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author († 1860)
• 1796 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist († 1874)
• 1796 » Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary († 1837)
• 1805 » Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter († 1848)
• 1806 » Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher († 1875)
• 1817 » Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic († 1880)
• 1819 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic († 1891)

• 1674 » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
• 1680 » La Voisin, French occultist (b. 1640)
• 1690 » Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (b. 1619)
• 1731 » Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
• 1732 » Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)
• 1799 » Heshen, Chinese politician (b. 1750)
• 1816 » Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (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)
• February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
• February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• 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 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

The temperature on February 22, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.