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• Aagje Jans Jongkees, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Seppenwolde van, unbekannt († 1835)
• Anna Catharina Douven, Geel, België († 1841)
• Adrianus Provoost, Oudenburg († 1827)
• Adriana Reinen Reijnegom van, unbekannt († 1842)
• Adrianus ZWART, de, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1836)
• Adriaan Koenerding Cok, Tiel († 1838)
• aartje KRAB, dussen
• Anna Maria van Ry, Westkapelle, België
• Adriaan Koenerding Cok, Tiel († 1838)

• Annetje (Anna) Peters van den Berg (44), Vaassen
• Adrianus {Janus} van Son (51), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Teunisse (Teuntje) VAN DAM, Zevenhoven (NL/ZH) / Lived Noorden (NL/ZH)
• Femme van Dulmen (44)
• James Baldwin (84), Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Gaspard Constantin Boniface de Castellane (73)
• Gaspard Constantin Boniface de Castellane (73)
• Jacob Jacobz Blesgraaf
• David Kauffman (63), Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
• Geert Sipkes (46)

• 1745 » Anthony Wayne, American general and politician († 1796)
• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)
• 1806 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player († 1853)
• 1809 » Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist († 1880)
• 1813 » George Bliss, American politician († 1868)

• 1697 » Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)
• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Joannes
5. Cornelis
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Joanna
9. Adriana
10. Trijntje
11. Elizabeth
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
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 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on January 1, 1779 was about 4.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.