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• Adriaan Brule, Zuidzande († 1834)
• Barbara Guielmina SEGHERS, Temse,9140,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1799)
• Anna Mijnhout († 1827)
• Berendine Gerrits Krommendam, Dalfsen-Welsum († 1849)
• Anna Maria HATTENBERGER, Traubach-le-Haut 68, Haut-Rhin, France († 1855)
• Anna Sliepenbeek (Slippenbeek), Lengel / NL († 1838)
• Agatha Tromp, Velsen, No. Holland, Netherlands
• Barbara Guilelmina Seghers, Temse († 1799)
• Abraham Breedveld, Delft
• Anna Anink († 1832)

• Jacob Jansz BEIJER (48), Abbenbroek, 5926, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Goossensz Verkaijk (73), Berkenwoude
• Arie Verkaik (73), Berkenwoude
• Dirk Harmens Krijgsman (85), Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Klinkenberg, Katwijk(ZH)
• Harm WEIJERS (58), Oude (Beneden) Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Goossense Verkaijk (73), Berkenwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Goossens Verkaik (73), Berkenwoude, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frankjen Gijsberts (36), Ermelo
• Arie Brouwer (0), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1717 » Horace Walpole, English historian, author, and politician († 1797)
• 1755 » John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1835)
• 1761 » F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor († 1817)
• 1796 » Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator († 1875)
• 1801 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist († 1862)
• 1802 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist († 1868)
• 1812 » Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores († 1845)
• 1817 » Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher († 1901)
• 1829 » Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas († 1885)
• 1845 » Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and author († 1905)

• 1707 » Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet and author (b. 1642)
• 1732 » Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
• 1742 » Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1684)
• 1790 » John Keyse Sherwin, English engraver (b. 1751)
• 1802 » Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (b. 1749)
• 1834 » Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
• 1848 » Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817)
• 1863 » William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)
• 1889 » Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
• 1889 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)

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 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.
• August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
• December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on September 24, 1778 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.