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• Anna Barbara Huyberecht, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anne Wattes Zijlstra, Oppenhuizen, Friesland, Nederland († 1857)
• Anna Maria Leijten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1800)
• Adriana Antonius VAN DER RIET, Rucphen († 1870)
• Antje Siegers Wester, Dantumawoude († 1856)
• Catharina Spruijt, Waddinxveen († 1837)
• Carolina Jacoba van Vlierberghe, Stekene († 1779)
• Antje Sygers, Damwoude († 1856)
• Antje Siegers, Dantumawoude († 1856)
• Ariaantje van Brakel, Amersfoort

• Anna Judoca Rottier (8), De Klinge
• Cornelis Dompeling (22), Utrecht
• Jan Wisse (74), Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland
• Elizabeth de Muynck (4), Sluis
• Anne CARLYLE (26)
• Catharina de Hoef (72), Mol, Belgium
• Francois Nicolas Tiercelain Tiercelain (0), Saint-Maurice, 94410, Francia
• Henri Colle (48), Ambly
• Anna Mechel Kitzen (1), Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Hubert DESPIERRE, Fournes-en-Weppes, 59250, Nord, Nord, France

• 1737 » Rama I, Thai king († 1809)
• 1771 » Heinrich Clauren, German author († 1854)
• 1796 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician († 1862)
• 1799 » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author († 1839)
• 1800 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica († 1845)
• 1805 » Thomas Cooper, British poet († 1892)
• 1811 » George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri († 1879)
• 1811 » Napoleon II, French emperor († 1832)
• 1821 » Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher († 1886)
• 1824 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist († 1876)

• 1688 » Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (b. 1642)
• 1730 » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
• 1746 » Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (b. 1656)
• 1780 » Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
• 1793 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)
• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)

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. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on March 20, 1778 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.