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• Aaltje den Hooglander, Waarder,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Overbeeke, sint annaland (zeeland) († 1842)
• Aaltje Ariens van der Meijden, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1824)
• Aaltje Jories, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1849)
• , TRICHT (West-Betuwe), GD, NL († 1857)
• Aaltje van der Meijde (Meijden, Meiden), Veenendaal-Gelders {GE} († 1824)
• Aaltie Panhuis (Spanhuisen), Leeuwarden
• Aaltje van der Meijden, Gelders Veenendaal (gedoopt 16-08-1778) († 1824)
• Aalt Reijersen van de Pol, Garderen
• Alida Blok, Enkhuizen († 1812)

• Heinrich Hiestand Detweiler (3)
• Berent Roelofs Ruitmink, Gramsbergen
• Maria Overhijde (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Barbara de Nijs (0), Zandvliet, 2040, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antje Bames
• Daniel Schor (71), Utrecht
• Frank Pater (36), Barneveld
• Jean Joseph Mottart (53), Hemptinne, 5620, Belgique
• Truij Klompemakers, Horssen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Boon (73), Leiden

• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
• 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)
• 1845 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1921)

• 1678 » Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)

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 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.

The temperature on August 16, 1778 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder.