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Born on Tuesday September 29, 1778
- Arij Plug, Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, Nederland
- Bastiaan van den Broek, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1821)
- Adriana Pieters van den Bos, Brouwershaven
- Antje Gielis, Den Burg († 1798)
- CASIJN THIJSSEN, Nijkerk
- "Goijard" Godefridus Leendert Godefridus Leendert, Berlicum
- Anna Catharina Lemmens, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1824)
- Augustin Luttun, Illies, 59480, Nord, FRANCE
- Akke Siiebes de Vries, Garijp
- Berend Teunis Burgwal, Barneveld
Died on Tuesday September 29, 1778
- Marie Jeanne Devoyon Laframbois (63), Sainte-Genevieve-de-Pierrefonds, Ile-de-Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Bartholomeus {3} Timp (64), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Mercy Savery (72), Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Isabel Vrijhof (78), Poortugaal
- Catherine DUCLOU (80), (puypichot)-Nantiat, 87140, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, FRANCE
- Ivonus Odonus Finaut (3), Krombeke (B)
- Barbara Luyten (88), Werchter, Rotselaar, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Dirk Jacobsz Boeijer (25), Andijk, North Holland, Netherlands
- Maatje de Looze (0), Kruiningen
- Brigitta CNUDDE (34), Huise,9750,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from September 29, 1778 at Delpher
Born on September 29
- 1725 » Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire († 1774)
- 1758 » Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral († 1805)
- 1766 » Charlotte, Princess Royal of England († 1828)
- 1786 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Mexico († 1843)
- 1803 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist († 1850)
- 1803 » Mercator Cooper, American captain and explorer († 1872)
- 1808 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician († 1868)
- 1810 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author († 1865)
- 1816 » Paul Féval, père, French author and playwright († 1887)
- 1832 » Joachim Oppenheim, rabbi and author († 1891)
Died on September 29
- 1703 » Charles de Saint-Évremond, French-English soldier, author, and critic (b. 1610)
- 1800 » Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)
- 1804 » Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
- 1833 » Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
- 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
- 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
- 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
- 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
- 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
- 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
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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 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
- July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
- August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
- September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
- November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
Weather September 29, 1778
The temperature on September 29, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.