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• Cornelis Gerrits Huijer, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1850)
• Apollonia Arens (Haerens), Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina van Gils, Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)
• Elisabet Jans(s)en, Malden
• Anne Little, New York
• Antje Eltjes Kremer, Muntendam († 1847)
• Anna Vad, Túrkeve, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Cornelius Geudens, Geel († 1778)
• Engelbert Jans (Engbert) Hoving, Stedum († 1825)
• Corstiaan Jansz KOENRAAD, Klundert († 1852)

• Joannes van Rijthoven (10)
• Anna Elisabeth Elisebet Mulder (45), Amsterdam
• Christina van LEENT (63)
• Christoph Maurits van Paepcke Heer van Quassel (72), Quassel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Grietje Jans, Rasquert
• Joannes Wijnant (43), Denderhoutem
• Christina Sophia Klein (5), Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Elisabeth Inacker (68), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Cornelia (Sija) Timmers (21), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacobus van Kimmenade (0), Weert (Limburg)

• 1748 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1817)
• 1763 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden († 1830)
• 1769 » George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1848)
• 1773 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States († 1841)
• 1775 » Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1856)
• 1781 » Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer († 1826)
• 1783 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator († 1852)
• 1789 » Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand († 1849)
• 1800 » Hyrum Smith, American religious leader († 1844)
• 1814 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York († 1886)

• 1670 » Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
• 1675 » Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
• 1709 » François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
• 1777 » Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
• 1803 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)

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)
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 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.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on February 9, 1778 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist.