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1778 births
- Joseph AspdinJoseph Aspdin arrived in the world on the 25th of December 1778. He was born into a family living in Hunslet, a district within Leeds, Yorkshire.
- Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen entered the world on the 20th of July 1778 on the island of Saaremaa. This Baltic region belonged to the Russian Empire at…
- Louis BonaparteLouis Bonaparte entered the world on the 2nd of September 1778 in Ajaccio, Corsica. This island had been conquered by France less than a decade before his…
- Humphry DavyHumphry Davy was born on the 17th of December 1778 in Penzance, Cornwall. He grew up as the eldest of five children to Robert Davy and Grace Millett.
- José de San MartínOn the 25th of February 1778, a boy named José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras was born in the town of Yapeyú. This settlement belonged to the Guaraní…
- Johann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk Hummel arrived in the world on the 14th of November 1778 within Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary. His father Johannes Hummel served as a…