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• Barbara Hofman, Leeuwarden
• Aaltjen Bekenschot, Geesteren
• Antoinette van den Beucken, Meijel († 1864)
• Anna Maria Alberts Lucassen, Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Anna Maria de Groot, Geldrop
• Aaltje Bekenschot, geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1843)
• Aaltjen Boskamp, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1843)
• antonette van den beuken, meijel († 1864)
• Anthonius Veenbrink, IJsselstein († 1855)
• Christina Ginter, Haarlem († 1814)

• Isabella Francisca D'hondt (0), Ramskapelle
• Dirk den Ouden (71), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Elk (0), Utrecht
• Jacobus Jacobsz. Meijers (74), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• Elisabeth Pietersdr Brouwer (79)
• Adriana Verboven (72), Loenhout
• Cornelia Tuijter of Tuijters (80), Oud-Vossemeer
• Gerrit de Hoog (66), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana (Adriaantje) Verboven (72), Loenhout (B)
• Anna Barbara Weller (1), Miesenheim

• 1722 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1770)
• 1724 » Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator († 1805)
• 1757 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba († 1826)
• 1760 » Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general († 1829)
• 1792 » Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician († 1861)
• 1819 » John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania († 1873)
• 1819 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet († 1898)
• 1825 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician († 1891)
• 1842 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter († 1910)
• 1849 » John Milne, English seismologist and geologist († 1913)

• 1644 » Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
• 1662 » Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
• 1769 » Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)
• 1777 » Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1702)
• 1803 » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)

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.
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on December 30, 1779 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder.