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• Catharina Theresia Braem, Elverdinge, België
• Bernard Paulin, Vensac, 33590 († 1839)
• Eelkje(Eelke) Bokkes Wiersma, Lichtaard († 1851)
• Eelkjen Bokkes Wiersma, Lichtaard († 1851)
• Bernardina Verstraete, Knesselare,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1854)
• Anna van Diem, Hedikhuizen († 1854)
• Cornelius Verwerft, Herenthout, België († 1852)
• Eelkje Bokkes Wiersma, Lichtaard, Friesland, Netherlands
• Christiaan Aarts, Kruisland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Odilia Josephina Freiin von Mirbach († 1846)

• Johannes BECKS (66), Herstal (B)
• Catharina Lourensdr DOMHOF (55), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ernst meijer, amsterdam (begr. nkk)
• Jean François JUDICQ, HOUYET, Namur, Belgique
• Eirik Bjørnsen Gulsvik (86), Flå, Hallingdal, Buskerud
• Humphrey Avery Sr (78), Groton, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Henricus ten Westeneijndt (49), Huissen
• Geertje Menses, Ezinge
• Marie Amable Chauvin (31), Québec, Quebec, Canada
• Maartje de Neef (0), Brielle

• 1743 » Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Russian academic and politician († 1810)
• 1750 » Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela († 1816)
• 1760 » Thomas Clarkson, English activist († 1846)
• 1773 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general († 1844)
• 1793 » Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist († 1864)
• 1795 » Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author († 1876)
• 1806 » Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist († 1891)
• 1811 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint († 1860)
• 1815 » Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet († 1896)
• 1818 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina († 1902)

• 1687 » Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
• 1794 » Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1818 » Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)

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)
• February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• 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.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

The temperature on March 28, 1778 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.