About the day » Thursday July 16, 1778Calender converter

• Elisabeth Germeraad, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1841)
• Adriana Harsveld, Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland († 1843)
• Cornelius Van Eycken, Sterrebeek, 1933, België
• Adriana Harsveld, Jaarsveld († 1843)
• Adriana Jacoba Zwaanhals, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1842)
• Claas Jacobs Wever-, Opmeer, Nederland († 1835)
• Anthony van Ruijven, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1819)
• Anna Catharina Haenen, Velden,, Limburg, Nederland († 1835)
• Anne Marie GOERIG, Walheim, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1784)
• Anthony Lubbartusz van Ruijven, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1819)

• Everarda van Bueren, Megen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje (25), Ermelo
• Anna Francisca VERCAMER (79), Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen, België
• (vrouw van Roelof Olthuijs) Olthuijs, Vorden
• Count Christian of Königsegg-Rothenfels (72)
• Aagje Simondsdr Westgeest (0), Oestgeest
• Dirk (Durk) Jelles (42), Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Henricus Henrik Janse Bouwmans (53), Dinther, Nederland
• Durk Jelles (1) (41), ,, Eestrum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aapken Jacobs (65), Nieuw-Beerta, Groningen, Nederland

• 1714 » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author († 1800)
• 1722 » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic († 1803)
• 1723 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic († 1792)
• 1731 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut († 1796)
• 1749 » Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress († 1810)
• 1796 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher († 1875)
• 1821 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science († 1910)
• 1841 » Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist († 1923)
• 1858 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1931)
• 1862 » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist († 1931)

• 1686 » John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
• 1691 » François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
• 1729 » Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
• 1747 » Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1796 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)

• 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)
• 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.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• 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 July 16, 1778 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.