About the day » Sunday November 7, 1779Calender converter

• Adrianus Heggremont, Hontenisse
• AALTJE VAN ZANTEN, 'S-GRAVENZANDE († 1805)
• Abraham Bousquet, Amsterdam
• Adrianus van den Rijken, Waspik († 1868)
• Adriana Jacobs Luijendijk, Klaaswaal († 1784)
• Aaldert Mennink, Hoogeveen († 1833)
• Adriana Luijendijk, klaaswaal (zuid holland) († 1784)
• Aaltje van Zanten, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1805)
• Aaltje Gerrits van Zanten, 's-Gravenzande († 1805)
• Alberta Feith, Epe

• Dymphna Vanheukelom (28), Geel
• Aaltje Mark van der (0), Rijnsburg
• Catharina Elisabeth Wolfs (3), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Geertjen van der Meijden (68), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Jan Luttekes (5), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Henricus Josephus Zimmermans (0), Kerkrade
• Françoise LARHANTEC (67), Plougonven, 29640, France
• Geertje Cornelisdr van der Meijden (68), veenendaal (utrecht)
• Gerardus Jansz van de Wijngaard
• Barbara Prevaes (15), Gronsveld, Eijsden

• 1728 » James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer († 1779)
• 1750 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer († 1819)
• 1787 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director († 1854)
• 1789 » Alfred Kelley, American legislator, canal builder, and railroad magnate († 1859)
• 1800 » Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and educator († 1864)
• 1805 » Thomas Brassey, English engineer and businessman († 1870)
• 1818 » Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist († 1896)
• 1830 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer († 1907)
• 1832 » Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University († 1918)
• 1838 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright († 1889)

• 1642 » Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English judge and politician, Lord High Treasurer of The United Kingdom (b. 1563)
• 1713 » Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
• 1809 » Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)
• 1837 » Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
• 1862 » Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
• 1872 » Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
• 1881 » John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
• 1906 » Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)
• 1913 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)

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)
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• 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 November 7, 1779 was about 14.0 °C. There was 46 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: stofregen regen.