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• Anna Petronella Baert, Hontenisse († 1855)
• Anna Petronilla Baart, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1855)
• Anna Maria Hameleers, Sint Pieter († 1830)
• Bouke Willems Kooy, Visvliet († 1858)
• Anne Wiebes de Jong, Grouw
• Adriana Floren, Dorst
• Anna Petronilla Baert, Hontenisse,Kloosterzande († 1852)
• Beerent Hendriks Koops, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1857)
• Balthazar Van Bael, Veerle († 1837)
• Arie Van Drunen, De Werken en Sleeuwijk

• Ludovica Amalia Prinses Lubomirska (56)
• Meggel Hendriksdr van Wel (58), Lith
• Anna Marie Dippe, Lahr, Amt Hadamar, Hessen-Nassau, Dld
• Aart Ouwerkerk
• Anna Geertruij van der Boon (5), Alkmaar,Gemeente Alkmaar,North Holland,Netherlands
• Charles William Burgess (56), Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, United States of America
• Francijntje van Saase (6), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dignus de Waele (59), Hulsterambacht
• Cornelis Gijsbertsz Blommenstein (63), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ludwika Amelia Princess Lubomirska h. Drużyna (56)

• 1741 » François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer († 1808)
• 1752 » Samuel Smith, American general and politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat († 1793)
• 1768 » Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter († 1839)
• 1773 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist and politician († 1844)
• 1777 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general († 1853)
• 1777 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic († 1844)
• 1781 » Mauro Giuliani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1828)
• 1784 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet († 1839)
• 1812 » Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician († 1897)

• 1675 » Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (b. 1611)
• 1689 » John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648)
• 1759 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
• 1770 » Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
• 1841 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
• 1844 » John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
• 1863 » William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1865 » Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1875 » Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
• 1876 » Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (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. 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)
• February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
• 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.

The temperature on July 27, 1778 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.