About the day » Sunday February 8, 1778Calender converter

• Anthonij Brakling, Amsterdam
• "Josina" Justina Justina, Eindhoven, NL († 1814)
• Abraham Jacobse Jagt, Scherpenisse
• Antjen Sijbrens, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Bakker, Ridderkerk
• Agnes Leunen, Wanroij,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1813)
• (jo)hanna heijkamp, scherpenzeel, gelderland, nederland († 1819)
• Adriaan Pieterse Minderhoud, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1856)
• Anna Maria Cassé, Bennebroek
• Anna Gesina Tönjes, Nehrlangen, Lathen

• Burgje Kuijer (39), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christianus DE CLOET (58), Sint Andries
• Joannes de oude Marchand, Woumen West-Vlaanderen, België
• Annetjen Berends (0)
• Gerritje Meijers, Emmerich, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Dld.)
• Jacob Cornelisse Bouman (85), Heusden
• Dominicus Jacobus DAVID, Bredene, 8450, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Joanna Jansen Bossenbroek (1), Vaassen
• Antonia de Roeck (74), Sint-Gillis-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Jacoba Montenaer (46), Breda

• 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
• 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
• 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
• 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
• 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
• 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
• 1817 » Richard S. Ewell, American general († 1872)
• 1819 » John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic († 1900)
• 1820 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general († 1891)
• 1822 » Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist († 1894)

• 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
• 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
• 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
• 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)

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 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US 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.
• 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.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on February 8, 1778 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: helder.