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• Andreas Pieterszn Kersbergen, Wassenaar († 1868)
• Cornelis Jan Bakx, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1849)
• Cornelis Bakx, Oosterhout († 1849)
• Anna Veronica Mertens, Schinveld, Onderbanken († 1842)
• Dirk Hendrikse de Koning, Amerongen († 1811)
• Cornelis Wiebes Stegenga, Harich († 1833)
• Arie Adrianus van den Brink, 's-Gravenhage zie Zuid_Holland-'s-Gravenhage (Den Haag) († 1844)
• Catharina Van Tuyst, Waarloos († 1849)
• Catharina Annaert, Ossenisse
• Ann Myers († 1846)

• Daniel Feytel (39), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Hubertus Coninckx (67), Zevenbergen
• Daniel Feijtel (39), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Rybinski (68), Kalwaria
• Daniël Jooss. Feijtel (39), Scherpenisse
• Hendrik Christiaansz TEEUWKES (36)
• Guillaume Hernalsteen (58), Tervuren (B)
• Hendrika Driebeek, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Bartelmies Balder (70), Broek op Langedijk
• Geertruij van Gog (2), Amersfoort

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

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 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 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.
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on August 1, 1778 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.