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• Amalia Josephine Foullon de Doué, Parijs († 1857)
• Aldegondis Van Caeckelbergh, Opwijk († 1834)
• Aletta Elisabeth Vries de, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Harms Groote, Hoogeveen († 1864)
• Akke Joekes Kamminga, Garijp, Suameer en Eernewoude († 1844)
• Albertje Groote, Hoogeveen († 1864)
• Aldegondis Van Craeckelbergh, Opwijk († 1834)
• Adriana Cor de Groot, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Onnes van der Borg, Leens († 1831)
• Albertjen Harms Groote, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands († 1864)

• Johann (Georg) Fuhrländer (2), Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Joannes Baptist Caers, Vosselaar
• Daniel Michel Wybo (34), Oostende, Belgie
• Hendrina de Greef (43), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Möllers (72), Asbeck (D)
• Hendrina Luesink (0), Zelhem
• Georg Dickel (20), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Cornelis MAERTENS (77), Breede, Warffum, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Janna Lansink ( Leusink )
• Jacobus Coucke (23), Brugge, België

• 1750 » Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1823)
• 1760 » Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor († 1802)
• 1769 » Michel Ney, French general († 1815)
• 1776 » George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London († 1841)
• 1780 » Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer († 1857)
• 1802 » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway († 1860)
• 1810 » Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer († 1892)
• 1810 » Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State († 1883)
• 1810 » William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria († 1866)
• 1812 » Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic († 1881)

• 1754 » Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
• 1761 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
• 1778 » Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
• 1794 » Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
• 1811 » Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
• 1824 » Victor Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759)
• 1828 » François de Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1750)
• 1829 » Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749)
• 1833 » Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)
• 1843 » Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780)

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.
• February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

The temperature on January 10, 1779 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.