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• Antje Cornelia van Beem, Sloterdijk, Nederland († 1844)
• Bastiaan Vlasblom, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius (Anthonie) Westik Westing, Maarssen († 1851)
• Adriana Schellinckhout, Maasland († 1843)
• Catherine Josepha Dupont, Fléron, Luik, België
• Cornelis Antonius Stokkermans, Tilburg, Nederland († 1837)
• Aaltje Rientses Kool, Sneek († 1866)
• Adriaan Verhaart, Bergen op Zoom († 1821)
• Adriana Schellingshout, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
• Dina de Mol, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Boldewijn Jacob Mulert (71), Breda
• Catharina Voeten (59), Hoogstraten (B)
• Gertrudis Pieters van der Eijssel, Aarlanderveen, ZH, Nederland
• Eelkjen Hiddes de Vries (33), Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Scheerder (23), Azië
• Arie Rijke Van VLIET (54)
• Christiana Luisa Pfeilsticker (2)
• Franciscus Adolphus Kohl (43), Vaals
• Brechtje Been (0), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Rupp (54), Lisdorf, Saarland, Germany

• 1710 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and author († 1776)
• 1723 » Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer († 1797)
• 1725 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician († 1786)
• 1767 » Nicolas Oudinot, French general († 1847)
• 1770 » Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist and academic († 1850)
• 1776 » Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh († 1857)
• 1843 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom († 1878)
• 1849 » Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic († 1925)
• 1850 » Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator († 1927)
• 1851 » Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic († 1901)

• 1690 » David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610)
• 1744 » Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701)
• 1770 » Jean-Antoine Nollet, French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700)
• 1800 » William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)
• 1840 » Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)

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.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on April 25, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.