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• Antonius de Rooij, Werkhoven
• Carolus van DAMME, Turnhout, 2300, Antwerpen, België († 1858)
• Christopher Joslin, East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island († 1858)
• Anna Catharina Caluwaerts, Puurs († 1833)
• Antje Teunis Smit, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1849)
• Antonius de Rooij, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hector, Roden, Saarlouis, Saarland, Deutschland
• Berendje Jans van Laar, Vaassen
• Anna Adelheid Bünker, Emsbüren-Mehringen († 1843)
• Anna CONINCX, Heer (Limburg) (NL)

• Dyerck Jacobsz Pons (90), Pernis (buurtschap de Heij)
• Amerik Arijszn Schaap (55), Katwijk aan Zee
• Carl Ernst von LÜBTOW (66), Danzig
• Farris Forris Sanders (14), Deep River, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
• Amerik Schaap (55), Katwijk aan Zee
• Dirk Jacobse Pons (78), Rozenburg
• Forrest Sanders (14), NC
• Isabelle Hatzfeldt (28)
• Berent Berens, Winsum
• Hendrik Verwout Noiret (27)

• 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
• 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
• 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
• 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
• 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
• 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1812 » Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1813 » Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar († 1853)
• 1813 » Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State († 1861)
• 1818 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor († 1894)

• 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
• 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
• 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
• 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)

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 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.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 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.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on April 23, 1778 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.