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• Antje Jans Dinkla, Beemster († 1842)
• Anne Claudine Baudry, Saint Plancher, 50400, FRANCE
• Christina BRIJL († 1835)
• Aaltje Doeksen, Terschelling-Midsland († 1851)
• catherine DANIAUX, Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Anna Maria van der Laan († 1855)
• Antonius van Megen, Bottrop, Duitsland († 1850)
• Antje Jan Dinkla, Beemster († 1842)
• Christianus de Crom, Bergeijk, Netherlands
• Alard Schouten, Horst († 1831)

• Hasje HONING (0), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacomijntje Willemsd Kraay (74), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Godefridus van Houdt (57), Wijchen
• Jan Alberts
• Jannetje van Leiden (0), Valkenburg, ZH, Nederland
• Grietje Jochems (Jacobs), Oostzaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jannes (53), Norg, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Hendrik Cornelisz (Hein) Kager (44), Schoorl (Groet)
• Hendrik Cornelisz Kager (44), Groet
• Immetje Barte Mooyekint (75), Noordwijk, ZUI, Nederland

• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

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 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• 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.

The temperature on April 17, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: weerlicht.