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• Arnoldus Peeters, Bree († 1779)
• Adrianus Donders, Tilburg († 1859)
• catharina van den rijen, princenhage, brabant († 1825)
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Donders, Tilburg († 1859)
• Andries van Westreenen (Westereene), Amsterdam († 1779)
• Anna Catharina Van Roosenbroeck, Lier, Antwerpen, België
• Antoinette van Dongen († 1857)
• Adriaan Donders, tilburg
• Blees Branderhorst, Nederhemert, Nederland
• Catherine Françoise JASSONGE, Wavre, 1300, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 1853)

• Arent ten Kate (58), Westzaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lambreghs (24), Diessen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jonathan Dunham (56), Woodbridge, New Jersey
• John Covenhoven Sr Col (58), Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV
• Antje Jaspers (62), Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Jan Haymeete (6), Herkingen (aangifte civiele impost TB Herkingen PD)
• Guurtje Smit, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Overwater (26), Strijensas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Janse Hertroijs (70), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bee(C)ke Hin(d)richs (90), Riepe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Deutschland

• 1733 » Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller († 1811)
• 1780 » Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince († 1860)
• 1782 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States († 1850)
• 1789 » Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor († 1871)
• 1798 » Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher († 1872)
• 1800 » Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz († 1854)
• 1813 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright († 1864)
• 1814 » Jacob Bunn, American businessman († 1897)
• 1819 » James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria († 1893)
• 1820 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy († 1891)

• 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
• 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
• 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
• 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
• 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)

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.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• 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.

The temperature on March 18, 1778 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.