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• Anna Maria Bayer, Schwarzach am Main, Germania
• Anna Catharina Bogaerts, Baarle-Hertog België († 1811)
• Elisabeth Gerrits Niensteen (Nijenstein), Hellendoorn (Haarle) († 1860)
• Caroline Christiane Wilhelmine von Winterfeld († 1859)
• Diewertje BOEKHOFF, Oostzaandam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van der Sande, Deurne en Liessel († 1860)
• Balthazar van Hamme, Brugge († 1808)
• Durkje Vormeer (Formeer), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
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• Christiaan Christianus Bertens, Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1843)

• Aaltje (43), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernardus van der Herten (17), Kieldrecht, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Elisabeth Bode (4), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Cornelia Hendriksdr. Kortekaas (14)
• Feijtje van der STEENKISTEN (70), Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrikze Kortekaas (14), Noordwijk-Binnen
• Andre Francois Joseph ACCOU (30), Houthem,7781,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique
• Hendrik van Leerdam (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Kortekaas (14), Noordwijk
• Arnoldus Vandendwije (64), Alken, België

• 1715 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator († 1767)
• 1758 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States († 1831)
• 1761 » Marie Harel, French cheesemaker († 1844)
• 1765 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1819 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic († 1884)
• 1827 » William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1904)
• 1838 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate († 1913)
• 1848 » Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator († 1909)
• 1854 » Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. († 1923)
• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)

• 1710 » Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
• 1726 » Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
• 1741 » Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
• 1772 » Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
• 1781 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)

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 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• 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.

The temperature on April 28, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: omtrent helder.