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• Berent Timmerman, Veessen
• Aikje Hermannus Duns, Onstwedde (gem. Stadskanaal) († 1839)
• Arend Visscher, Oudleusen, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1855)
• Anthoon Anthoons (Antones Antones) Schoelier (Scholier), Makkum († 1857)
• Anna Maria Smets, Neervelp
• Dries Gerrits Pruim, Oldebroek, Gld. Nederland († 1858)
• Aikje Hermannus Duns, Onstwedde († 1839)
• Catharina Urhausen, Gralinger Diekirch, Luxemburgo
• Antje Kraaijpoel († 1793)
• Anna Elscken Schult te Vorst, Bucholtwelmen († 1871)

• Anna Maria Van Den Mosselaer van de MOSSELAER (56), Rosmalen
• Catherine Therese Joseph Disseaux (4), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Adrianus Koolhaas (37), Aalst, Zaltbommel, Nederland
• Christina Elisabeth Püllen (0), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Cornelis Corneliszn Bron (35), op zee
• Dorothea Elisabeth Schlomann
• Cornelia Van Den Ende (30), Delft, South Holland, Nederland
• Jan (Meerloo) Merloo (44)
• Ida DRISSEN (23), Belfeld, Limburg, Netherlands
• Clasijntje Galjaard (41), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1709 » Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor († 1789)
• 1716 » Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor († 1791)
• 1743 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum († 1850)
• 1792 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer († 1856)
• 1800 » Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet († 1855)
• 1805 » 9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader († 1815)
• 1844 » Alexandra of Denmark († 1925)
• 1846 » Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1923)
• 1847 » Julia A. Moore, American poet († 1920)

• 1660 » Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)
• 1729 » Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
• 1750 » Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
• 1755 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1767 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (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)
• 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.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 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 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on December 1, 1779 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.