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• Anne Marie Perrine DELONGLEE, Marcillé-Robert, 35240, France († 1828)
• Cornelis Berg, Stompwijk († 1832)
• Adriana Balmaeckers († 1849)
• Beletje van der Velden, Schiedam († 1827)
• Christina Hendricks, Helden († 1822)
• Elisabeth Richstein, Weidenhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1782)
• Hendrik Jan Meutstege, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1852)
• Catharina Elisabetha Schrijnemaekers, Roosteren († 1814)
• Hannah Bugbee
• Elizabeth Payne, Hampshire, Virginia, United States († 1852)

• Gilbert Hayes (38), Louisiana, United States
• Anna Theresia Kleijweg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Hoerttig, Undingen, Wuerttenberg, Germany
• Joanna Catharina PLUGERS (69), Borlo, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Charles François de Brémoy, Morlaix, Finistère, France
• Hendrina de Graaf (20), Apeldoorn (Gld/NL)
• Gerrit Fredriks (54), Rheden
• Jacobus Paulssen (28), Oppeven, Niederlande
• Henricus van TETERING (33), Terheijden,Gemeente Made en Drimmelen,NOORD-BRABANT,NEDERLAND
• Antoni Koldewei (9), Gendrigen

• 1750 » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War († 1806)
• 1753 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata († 1810)
• 1797 » Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel († 1889)
• 1806 » Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist († 1885)
• 1839 » Francis Garnier, French captain and explorer († 1873)
• 1844 » Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer († 1916)
• 1847 » Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist († 1888)
• 1848 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1930)
• 1857 » Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor († 1934)
• 1865 » Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist († 1945)

• 1790 » Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (b. 1723)
• 1790 » William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
• 1791 » Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (b. 1735)
• 1794 » André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
• 1794 » Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (b. 1726)
• 1794 » Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (b. 1745)
• 1826 » Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and publisher (b. 1795)
• 1831 » Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1789)
• 1834 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1842 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)

• 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 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• 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 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on July 25, 1778 was about 22.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.