About the day » Thursday March 19, 1778Calender converter

• Anna Margaretha Gehlen, Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland († 1779)
• Anna Maria Horijaans, Amsterdam De Toren
• Aldegonda de Best
• Aaltje Alberts Krabben*, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1851)
• Anne Marie COENE, Maldegem,9990,Oost-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Anna Catharina Van Eynt, Olen, België († 1843)
• Anne Marie Meyer, Hottviller, Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1804)
• Albertus Aarts, Gent († 1840)
• Albertus Arts, Gendt († 1840)
• Catharina Luijckx, Wouw († 1822)

• Abigael Berents WESTERHOF (8), Warffum, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Johannes van Meggelen (57), Gouda
• Elisabetha Denissen (0), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Fennigjen Hindriks (41)
• Adrianus RIDDER, Weesperkarspel
• Anna Margaretha Bel (44), Reusel
• Elisabeth NN1 (59), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Koenraad Detlef Einart Karel van Reventlow (0), Kopenhagen
• Franciscus Broers (58), Gilze en Rijen
• Henricus Heimen (74), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1734 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania († 1817)
• 1739 » Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician († 1824)
• 1742 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebel leader († 1781)
• 1748 » Elias Hicks, American farmer, minister, and theologian († 1830)
• 1778 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician († 1815)
• 1809 » Fredrik Pacius, German composer and conductor († 1891)
• 1813 » David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer († 1873)
• 1816 » Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor († 1891)
• 1821 » Richard Francis Burton, English soldier, geographer, and diplomat († 1890)
• 1823 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia († 1891)

• 1687 » René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (b. 1643)
• 1697 » Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)
• 1711 » Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
• 1717 » John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish soldier (b. 1636)
• 1721 » Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
• 1783 » Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 182nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Philip Hayes, English organist and composer (b. 1738)
• 1816 » Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (b. 1730)
• 1871 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)

• 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.
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 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 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.

The temperature on March 19, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.