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• Cornelia van de Pas, Udenhout
• van Hoogstraten, Puiflijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1806)
• Catharina Josepha Lagrou, Koekelare,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Ann Cattell († 1811)
• Cornelis Loijssen
• Ann Long († 1844)
• Burgtje Kuijer, Eemnes
• Caroline HARVENGT, Paturages,7340,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Anna Klaasdr Konijn, Ursem
• Aartje Heimensen Zwart, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland

• Gerrit Corneliszn Barendregt (92), Charlois
• Evert Jansen van de Pol (38), Putten
• Evert Jansen (van de Pol), Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Jacob Stuip (41), Klaaswaal
• Andreas Manders 06AT (48), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Jannetje Jans de Ridder, Delfshaven, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Carlo Antonio Ventimiglia (35)
• Gerrit Barendregt (92), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Sterrenburg (43), Giessendam
• Benjamin Woodson (94), Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States of America

• 1710 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist († 1784)
• 1724 » Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada († 1808)
• 1781 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician († 1824)
• 1803 » Prudence Crandall, American educator († 1890)
• 1810 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter († 1871)
• 1811 » John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community († 1886)
• 1814 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic († 1897)
• 1820 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician († 1891)
• 1840 » Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer († 1919)
• 1841 » Tom Emmett, English cricketer († 1904)

• 1720 » Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (b. 1648)
• 1729 » Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (b. 1646)
• 1766 » Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1808 » John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1857 » John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)

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. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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 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.
• July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

The temperature on September 3, 1778 was about 10.0 °C. There was 134 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken omtrent helder.