About the day » Wednesday April 1, 1778Calender converter

• Andries Henriksz Hartendorp, Spaarndam gem. Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1823)
• Andries Hendriksz Hartendorp, Spaarndam
• Alewijn de Pagter, Grijpskerke († 1812)
• Anna Maria van Lint, Werkhoven († 1840)
• Andreas Schellekens, Sint-Michielsgestel, NL
• Andries Tichgon, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1846)
• anna elisabeth beurskens, kessel († 1823)
• Andries Tiechon, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1846)
• Andries Hendriksz Hartendorp, Spaarndam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1823)
• Andries Hartendorp, Spaarndam(NH) († 1823)

• CATHERINE HOUZET (89)
• Ellis Morse (0)
• Joanna VROOMANS (2), Heeze
• Godelieva Ranson (78), Kortemark
• Henricus WOUTERS (76), Vosselaar, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Fredrik Brussen (78), Sinderen
• Henricus Wouters (76), Vosselaar
• Heijndrik Jacobszn Duijvis (41), Oostzaandam
• Aleydis Losen LOYEN (73)
• Hindertje Janssen Wall De (82), Großefehn-Duitsland

• 1741 » George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor († 1825)
• 1753 » Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat († 1821)
• 1755 » Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician († 1826)
• 1765 » Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher († 1810)
• 1776 » Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher († 1831)
• 1786 » William Mulready, Irish genre painter († 1863)
• 1815 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas († 1880)
• 1815 » Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire († 1898)
• 1823 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky († 1891)
• 1824 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop († 1901)

• 1682 » Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
• 1787 » Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
• 1839 » Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
• 1865 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)

• 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 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.
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on April 1, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken.