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• Magdalena Velgersdijk, Spijkenisse († 1814)
• Albertus van der Woerd, Renswoude († 1781)
• Anna Elisabeth de Vos van Steenwijk, Ambt Vollenhove,,,huis den Oldenhof († 1850)
• Adriana van Kessel, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Legemaate (Legemaat), Zierikzee († 1846)
• Albert Jansen Roos, Midsland, Terschelling († 1858)
• Alberta Everts Bosch, Amersfoort
• Albartus Krijnders, Utrecht (Zuilen) († 1827)
• Aafje Mul
• Aart Kooijck, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Dorathea Camps (12), Groesbeek
• Franciscus Gevers (51), Mol, 2400, België
• Aart Bastiaansz KOIJCK (1)
• Anthony Jacobse van Etten (53), Deerpark Orange County
• Doekle Watzes Bokma (66), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Wuytack (65), Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Van Grunderbeeck (64), Perk
• Dirk Tromp (58)
• DOMINICUS VAN DEN BRANDEN (0), HAMME,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Frederick Dankaars (Dan(c)kers) (65), Hapert, Noord Brabant, Netherlands

• 1724 » Christopher Anstey, English author and poet († 1805)
• 1729 » Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain († 1800)
• 1737 » James Lovell, American educator and politician († 1789)
• 1760 » Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and printmaker († 1849)
• 1795 » John Keats, English poet († 1821)
• 1815 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic († 1897)
• 1815 » Thomas Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania († 1884)
• 1825 » Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal and academic († 1892)
• 1831 » Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist († 1910)
• 1835 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi († 1933)

• 1723 » Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
• 1732 » Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1666)
• 1733 » Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
• 1744 » Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
• 1768 » Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)
• 1806 » Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753)
• 1860 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
• 1879 » Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)
• 1879 » Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Joannes
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. Antje
12. Aaltje
13. Elizabeth
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 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 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 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on October 31, 1779 was about 14.0 °C. There was 572 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: .