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• Bauke Pieters Bijlstra, Marrum († 1825)
• Bastejaan Lieuwes, Amsterdam
• Dimme Scherpenisse, Sint-Annaland († 1847)
• Derk Henriks Kruithof, Oosterwolde
• Alida Hofman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1829)
• Bauke Pieters Bijlstra, Marrum, Friesland, Nederland († 1825)
• Adriana Verburg, Colijnsplaat
• Bauke Pieters Bijlsma, Marrum († 1825)
• Dimphena van Besouw, Tilburg († 1820)
• Derk Kruithof, Oosterwolde, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1779)

• Geneviève BRICHETEAU (44), Ferrière-Larçon, 37350, France
• Aleidis BEVEGEM BOVEGEM, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Claas Kroeger (Croeger), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Stevens Berghorst (0), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jean Baptist (POGE) PAGE (48), Bossut
• Aaltje Prins (4), Sliedrecht
• Catharina van Wijk, Kethel
• Catharina Arendse van Wijk, Kethel
• Benedictus Carpentier (0), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelis Abrahamsz den Boer, Mijnsheerenland

• 1746 » Thomas Heyward, Jr., American judge and politician († 1809)
• 1750 » Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, playwright, and politician († 1794)
• 1783 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer († 1860)
• 1796 » Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company († 1859)
• 1804 » Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher († 1872)
• 1815 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel († 1889)
• 1844 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet († 1889)
• 1857 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America († 1940)
• 1860 » Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado († 1925)
• 1860 » Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia († 1922)

• 1741 » Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)
• 1750 » Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685)
• 1762 » George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)
• 1794 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (b. 1767)
• 1794 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Committee of Public Safety (b. 1758)
• 1808 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)
• 1809 » Richard Beckett, English cricketer and captain (b.1772)
• 1818 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1835 » Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)

• 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.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• 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 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

The temperature on July 28, 1778 was about 25.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht.