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• Arij Ariësz. van der Kleij (Cleij), Voorburg, ZH, Nederland († 1852)
• Anna Hendrika Braamhorst, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Hexspoor, Onzenoort († 1863)
• Andreas Hendrikx, Leudal (Horn) (Limburg) († 1836)
• Andres Hendrikx, Horn († 1836)
• Anna Catharina Mobach, R.K. parochie Heilige Franciscus, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1853)
• Antje Groothuijsen, Medemblik († 1804)
• Abraham Jacob van Lennep, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1841)
• Anna Paulina PRAETS, Groot Zundert († 1835)
• Abraham Jacob Jonkheer van Lennep, Amsterdam († 1841)

• Elisabetha Pasmans (0), Reusel
• Anneke Gerritsen (77), Ermelo
• Janneke de Kok (26), Hoek
• "Maria Jois" Annemie Annemie (38), Berlicum, NL
• Anton Schmidt (3), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Margaretha van Cleeff, Amersfoort
• Jean GUILLAUD (72), Chélieu,ISÈRE,Rhône-Alpes,France
• Jean Baptiste Mougenot (1), Miellin, 70345, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• Arie Dirkse, Eemnes
• Elisabeth Jansd Tongers, Pijnacker

• 1730 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1782)
• 1735 » Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer († 1821)
• 1742 » Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen († 1798)
• 1753 » Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1823)
• 1792 » Pope Pius IX († 1878)
• 1794 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter († 1835)
• 1795 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist († 1875)
• 1811 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1859)
• 1822 » Francis, Duke of Cádiz († 1902)
• 1830 » Zebulon Baird Vance, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of North Carolina († 1894)

• 1704 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b. 1632)
• 1726 » Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b. 1659)
• 1782 » Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
• 1807 » Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (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)
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• 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.

The temperature on May 13, 1778 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.