About the day » Wednesday October 6, 1779Calender converter

• Ambroise Bruno Joseph GOUBLE, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, 62767, Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1854)
• Agnes Schimmel, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Woud, de Noord North Holland Netherlands († 1858)
• Antje Wout, Krommenie († 1858)
• Armand Nicolas LE ROUX, Bréauté, 76141, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France († 1832)
• Agnes Jansen Schimmel, Baarn
• Anthonij BELLAARD († 1828)
• Anne DAENYNCK, Oedelem,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1837)
• Anna Elisabeth Keijbecks, Schaesberg
• Ariaantje Bellens, Goedereede, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Gerrit Martensen (21), Voorthuizen
• Catharina Jans (52), Laer
• Albertina (Aalbartje) Adelaar (64), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoinette DECORTE (63), Petit-Enghien, 55033, Hainaut, Belgique
• Elisabeth Irle (59), Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Franz Anton Leven (0), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Christina Irmgard Van Reventlow (68), Plön (Schleswig-Holstein) D
• Aaltje Eijck, van, ,,, Bennebroek
• Claas Claasse Donkersloot, Spijkenisse, Z.H
• Christine Armgard Reventlow (68)

• 1738 » Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria († 1789)
• 1742 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright († 1755)
• 1744 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University († 1813)
• 1767 » Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king († 1820)
• 1769 » Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada († 1812)
• 1773 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic († 1835)
• 1773 » Louis Philippe I of France († 1850)
• 1801 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician († 1888)
• 1803 » Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist († 1879)
• 1820 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh († 1892)

• 1661 » Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)
• 1688 » Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652)
• 1762 » Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1819 » Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)

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)
• February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on October 6, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.