About the day » Saturday March 21, 1778Calender converter

• Antonia Brouwers, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Willemsdr. de Bloois, Schipluiden († 1854)
• Agnes Machiels, Diepenbeek († 1838)
• Aldegunde Mechtilde Gaeckels, Brempt (D) († 1779)
• Berendina Berendsen, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1781)
• Ariaantje du Blois (de Bloois), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Stoop, Kruibeke († 1849)
• Aegjen Andries de Jong, Balk, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1784)
• Antonia Brouwers, Hoeven († 1856)
• "Marie Sophie" Albertine Ghislaine de Lichtervelde, Gand, Belgique († 1850)

• Heinrich Vierdach, Fiertag (64), Sustrum, Emsland
• Evert Brussen (0), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catrina Geelkerken (27), Utrecht
• Henricus Hesen (81), Neer
• Barbara Theresia Arickx (1), Meulebeke
• Jacobus Decraemer (67), Esen,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Johanna Gouders (77), Broich
• Johanna - Johanna Maria Schoenmakers - Veraa (29), Oostelbeers
• dirk cornelis buijtelaar (63), ouderkerk aan den ijssel
• Joannes Brems (48), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie

• 1713 » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician († 1803)
• 1716 » Josef Seger, Bohemian organist, composer, and educator († 1782)
• 1752 » Mary Dixon Kies, American inventor († 1837)
• 1763 » Jean Paul, German journalist and author († 1825)
• 1768 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist († 1830)
• 1806 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th President of Mexico († 1872)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator († 1891)
• 1825 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier and engineer († 1890)
• 1835 » Thomas Hayward, English cricketer († 1876)
• 1839 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer († 1881)

• 1729 » Elżbieta Sieniawska, politically influential Polish magnate (b. 1669)
• 1729 » John Law, Scottish-French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1671)
• 1734 » Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian and author (b. 1679)
• 1751 » Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
• 1752 » Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter (b. 1698)
• 1762 » Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French priest, astronomer, and academic (b. 1713)
• 1772 » Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)
• 1795 » Giovanni Arduino, Italian miner and geologist (b. 1714)
• 1801 » Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
• 1804 » Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)

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. Catharina
7. Joanna
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.
• 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 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

The temperature on March 21, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.