About the day » Tuesday May 19, 1778Calender converter

• Cornelia Cornelis, Heerde
• albertine DEMARBRE, Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Aaltje Derks, Muntendam
• Dingena (Dina) (Karol) Carol, Vlissingen († 1844)
• Anna Maria Geradusse Peerenboom, Overasselt, Nederland
• Elisabeth van den Heuvel, Rotterdam († 1866)
• Anna de Kleijn, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1816)
• Daniel 't Gilde
• Arnoldus Wolters, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1858)
• Arnold Wolters, Huissen († 1858)

• Christina Alleberti(a) (28), Oudewater
• Jean-Charles Auger (24)
• Judith Brouwers (44), Grevenbicht
• Christina Alberti(a) (28), Oudewater,Gemeente Oudewater,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Johannes de Keijser (60), Rotterdam
• Cristina Alleberta (28), OUDEWATER, Utrecht, Nederland
• Geesje Schukking (55)
• John Loggins (58), Augusta, Virginia, United States
• Francois DUMONT
• Geert Jans

• 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)

• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)

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. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 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.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on May 19, 1778 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.