About the day » Thursday August 27, 1778Calender converter

• Adriana Halters, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Benthem, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1818)
• Angelique Joseph Delattre, Lille, 59800, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Aldert Jans Koppers, Westwoud († 1848)
• Carolus Vandekerckhove, Aartrijke († 1837)
• Adrianus de Kleijn, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie van Oss, Oijen en Teeffelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1831)
• Anne Jeanne Augustine Tisquenne, Ensival, België
• Amelberga Philippina van Droogenbroeck, Temse († 1863)
• Anna Catharina Bill, Wilsenroth, Duitsland

• Adrianna Catharina BERNAERT (46), Sint-Denijs-Boekel,9630,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Gerrardus Jacobusz SILVIUS (74), Zwaluwe
• Dympna Gielens (0), Geel, België
• Gerard Huibertsz van Mil (42), Voorburg
• Gerardus Huijbertse van Mil (43), Voorburg
• Gerardus Huijbertsz. van Mil, Voorburg
• Gretje Harms (39), Völlenerfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Hendril Dirksz Krommenhoek (2), Schiedam
• Hendrik Krommenhoek (2), Schiedam
• Gerardus Jacobsz Silvius (74), moerdijk (noord brabant)

• 1724 » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician († 1781)
• 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
• 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
• 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
• 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
• 1803 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian († 1895)
• 1809 » Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States († 1891)
• 1812 » Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1869)
• 1827 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland († 1897)
• 1845 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St Elisabeth († 1914)

• 1664 » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
• 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)

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)
• January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 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.

The temperature on August 27, 1778 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.