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Born on Friday September 18, 1778
- Anna Thijs, enkhuizen († 1848)
- Adrianus HULSTAERT
- Fokje Wever, Harkstede
- Gerard (Gerrit Gerardus) van Helden, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1842)
- Adriana (Pietersze) Korteknie, Kats, Zeeland, Nederland († 1846)
- Cornelia Binck, Oosterhout (Oosterhout) (Noord-Brabant) († 1865)
- Adrianus Bouter, Amsterdam († 1832)
- Anne Josèphe JACOB, Glimes, 1315, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 1860)
- Anna Catharina Maes, Mol, België († 1807)
- Eimert Teunissen Spaan, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
Died on Friday September 18, 1778
- Ebenzer Flint (95), North Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Colony, New England
- Anneke Kennisge-egt, Huijzen
- Adriaan (Cooshuizen) Korshuijse (76), Wissekerke
- Guilielmus Buytaert (36), Bazel
- Ebenezer Flint (67), Dracut, Middletown, Massachusetts
- Egbert Gerrits van Heerde (31), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Ariaantje Ariens HAVERBOER (25), Mijnsheerenland
- Charles François POLLART (77), Vimy,62861,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
- Anna Maria van Leeuwe (2), St. Laureins, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Abiah King (4)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from September 18, 1778 at Delpher
Born on September 18
- 1733 » George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware († 1798)
- 1750 » Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright († 1791)
- 1752 » Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist († 1833)
- 1765 » Pope Gregory XVI († 1846)
- 1779 » Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1845)
- 1786 » Christian VIII of Denmark († 1848)
- 1786 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and author († 1862)
- 1812 » Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia († 1880)
- 1819 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic († 1868)
- 1837 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop († 1880)
Died on September 18
- 1721 » Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)
- 1722 » André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
- 1783 » Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
- 1783 » Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
- 1792 » August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
- 1812 » Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
- 1830 » William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
- 1857 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
- 1860 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
- 1872 » Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
Names that were popular for boys in 1778
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Dirk
- Klaas
- Adrianus
- John
Names that were popular for girls in 1778
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Grietje
- Aaltje
- Adriana
- Elizabeth
- Janna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1778
- 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 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
- July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
- August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
- 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.
Weather September 18, 1778
The temperature on September 18, 1778 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen .