About the day » Sunday September 6, 1778Calender converter

• Alyda 't Hart, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1851)
• Alida Klaasd 't Hart, Pernis († 1851)
• Aarnoud de Kam, Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Adriaan Jansz Hagoort, Meeuwen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Christina SCHEERS, Amsterdam
• Andreas Speeck, Ekeren, Antwerpen († 1778)
• Alida klaesdr 't Hart, Pernis († 1851)
• Adriaantje van Vijeren, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Egberts de WIT, Oudehaske
• Anna Kooman, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1845)

• Jacob Daniël van Meinertshagen (70), 's Gravenhage
• Marie-Anne TARTRE-LARIVIÈRE (79), Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Arentje Pieters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Baptiste Baesen (51), Hooglede West-Vlaanderen België
• Aleidis Joanna Freulinckx (70), Tienen, Belgium
• Jacob Cornelisz de Koning (6), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aurelia Pieters (8), Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• jean MOCQUAY (48)
• Jacob Daniel de Meinertzhagen (70), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dominique Joseph Vienne (29), Richebourg, 62136, Pas de Calais, FRANCE

• 1757 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general († 1834)
• 1766 » John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist († 1844)
• 1781 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher († 1861)
• 1795 » Frances Wright, Scottish-American author and activist († 1852)
• 1800 » Catharine Beecher, American educator and activist († 1878)
• 1802 » Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist († 1857)
• 1814 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada († 1873)
• 1815 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general († 1870)
• 1817 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance († 1893)
• 1819 » William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico († 1898)

• 1683 » Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)
• 1708 » Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)
• 1748 » Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
• 1783 » Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
• 1808 » Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)

• 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".
• May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 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.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

The temperature on September 6, 1778 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.