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• Cornelis Joukes Vellinga, Oudkerk, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Offermans, Breda († 1855)
• Andrew Symington, Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland († 1857)
• Carolina Maria Hendrina CONRAETZ, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 1778)
• Adrianus Gerritsz Bakker, stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee) († 1855)
• Elizabeth Lundy, Of Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ († 1865)
• Aaltje Pieters Stokvis, Zaandijk
• Balthazar de Loure, Waalre
• BEREND JANSEN, Loenen
• Cornelius van Herpen, Rossum, Nederland

• Adam Shipley (73), Howard, Anne Arundel, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Bronsgeest (58), Den Haag
• Berendina Jans Montesaan (53), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Helena Outraat (76), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Anna Jacob van Heugten (77), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Pietersd Breur (70), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Hendrina Bergsteen, Leiden
• annigje pieters BREUR (71), alblasserdam
• Adrianus Biekens (25), Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Anna VROEGOP Cdr (66)

• 1752 » Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer († 1837)
• 1760 » Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer († 1797)
• 1762 » Stephen Storace, English actor and composer († 1796)
• 1772 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement († 1810)
• 1780 » Edward Hicks, American minister and painter († 1849)
• 1785 » Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer († 1859)
• 1792 » Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician († 1868)
• 1802 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist († 1887)
• 1818 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author and poet († 1883)
• 1819 » Maria II of Portugal († 1853)

• 1743 » Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
• 1761 » Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722)
• 1766 » John Taylor, English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)
• 1792 » James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1807 » Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)
• 1817 » André Masséna, French general (b. 1758)
• 1841 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
• 1846 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (b. 1769)
• 1861 » John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (b. 1785)

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)
• January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• 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.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.

The temperature on April 4, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.