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• Christiane Friederike Hanne Herold, 07937 Zeulenroda, Deutschland
• Catarina ROES, Doetichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Devos, Geel, België († 1859)
• Agi Berkhout, Obdam
• Cecilia Dirks van der Moor, 's-Gravenhage († 1816)
• Christiaen Groote Wassink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christiaan Wassink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1834)
• Cornelia Adriana Richel, Den Haag († 1837)
• Cornelia Adriana Richel, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1837)
• Agathe WIOLAND, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1844)

• Catharina Neefs (0), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Franciscus Waterschot (67), Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Franciscus Waterschoot (67), Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Vreijns Janssen (Penninx?) (51), Boekel
• Claes Claesz. (de Jonge) van der Wel (67), 's-Gravenzande, Sand-Ambacht, ZH, Nederland
• Dymphna, Janssen Godtschalck (69), Essen Antwerpen (B)
• Franciscus Calluy, Nijlen 2560, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Cornelius Verswijver, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerpen, België
• Engeltje Corssen Goejenbier (75), 's-Gravenzande
• Dijmpna Janssen Godtschalck (68), Nispen-Essen

• 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
• 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)
• 1778 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic († 1841)
• 1799 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author († 1854)
• 1818 » Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary († 1880)
• 1831 » Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)
• 1848 » Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright († 1921)
• 1849 » Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright († 1926)
• 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)
• 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)

• 1713 » Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671)
• 1774 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
• 1781 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
• 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (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 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 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.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on February 4, 1778 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken.