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• Almine Janssen Ruyl, Emden Duistland
• Barbara (Bartje) Copier, Teckop, Woerden († 1839)
• Dionijsius Bierens, Eersel
• Derk Blij, Arnhem († 1781)
• Derk Blij, Arnhem, Gld, NL
• Anna Catharina Geerbecks, Straelen, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1821)
• Anna van Noort, Schiedam
• Clara Maria HOUTMAN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Sebastianus Joannes van LOON, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1830)
• Fennigje Derks Boeve, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1807)

• Anna Maria EGGERS (32), Vahrendorf, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Arij Teunisz Hardenbol (56), Ameide
• Joanna Kock (75), Niel (Dld)
• Hendrik Berens (79), Riga, Letland
• John Bacon (28)
• Huybert van vianen (77), Bandung, Indonesië
• Gerben Jans, St. Jacobiparochie
• Arij Teunis HARDENBOL (56), Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Bode (1), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Gerben Jans Meier, St. Jacobiparochie,, Friesland, Nederland

• 1710 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general († 1795)
• 1723 » Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher († 1806)
• 1758 » Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician († 1802)
• 1770 » David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer († 1857)
• 1777 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist († 1855)
• 1803 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia († 1879)
• 1829 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic († 1884)
• 1857 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist († 1940)
• 1857 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist († 1920)
• 1865 » Max Nettlau, German historian and academic († 1944)

• 1696 » Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)
• 1736 » Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668)
• 1758 » François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1792 » John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)
• 1795 » Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
• 1806 » Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
• 1841 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
• 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)

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.
• 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.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
• 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.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on April 30, 1778 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht.