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• Benjamin Sprague, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States († 1858)
• Annegje Scholte Jans, Groningen
• Anna Maria Donnè, Riksingen Tongeren († 1849)
• Antje Gerbens, Oppenhuizen, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara BOCHLER, Froeningen, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1778)
• Antje Gerbens, Oppenhuizen, Wijmbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Klerk de, Heenvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Berendina Gerritsen Wittenberg († 1866)
• Antonneta van Inneveld, Bergen op Zoom († 1817)
• Arie Adamsz Havig, Voorschoten

• Antonius Maartensz. de Geus (0), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• John Davidson (61), North Carolina
• Jan Willem Augustein van Wijnbergen (64), Venlo
• Elisabetha de Cort (7), Bladel
• Jan Willem Augustijn van Wijnbergen (63), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland NL
• Anna Maria Coucke (0), Loppem
• Gijsbert Vermeulen (51), Maarssen
• Jan Jacobsz Swart (43)
• Gijsbert Vermeulen (51), Utrecht
• Claes Karstes Ros (74), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1764 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist († 1831)
• 1769 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat († 1835)
• 1770 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general († 1843)
• 1778 » Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy († 1862)
• 1781 » Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader († 1830)
• 1782 » Alexander Macomb, American general († 1841)
• 1783 » Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian († 1859)
• 1791 » Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d.1840)
• 1798 » Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877)
• 1807 » Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer († 1877)

• 1695 » Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636)
• 1717 » Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
• 1728 » James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
• 1792 » George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
• 1804 » Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
• 1827 » Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
• 1838 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)

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.
• 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.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on April 3, 1778 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.