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• Anthony Weeden, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
• Albertus van Beek, Amersfoort († 1853)
• Floris Pieterse Natte, Elkerzee († 1787)
• Anna Maria Smets, Olen
• "Alberdina Johannes" Alstein, Oudemirdum († 1856)
• Adriana van der Horst, Den Haag
• Aartje Harskamp, Amersfoort
• Aloysia Walburge van Kolowrat-Krakowska († 1784)
• Allagonda Lunsing Westerbaan, Groningen, Nederland († 1837)
• Catharina SCHEURBIERS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Cornelis van der Blom (70), Leiden
• Harmijntje Huijsinkvelt (0), Harderwijk
• Jacobje Hermens van der Linde (45), Ambt Vollenhove
• Henricus Exalto d'Almaras (1), Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Joannes Baptist Ruprecht (0), Pfaffenweiler, Staufen, Freiburg, Baden, Deutschland
• Anne TARIS (50), Watermaal-Bosvoorde, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België
• Andreas Mathias Renerus Schreurs (55), Heel
• Elisabeth Pfeil (3), Niederlaasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• François Wratislaw de Mitrowitz (58)
• Joanna de Grauw, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1723 » William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician († 1780)
• 1724 » Eva Ekeblad, Swedish noble and agronomist († 1786)
• 1752 » St. George Tucker, United States federal judge († 1827)
• 1792 » George M. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States († 1864)
• 1802 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap († 1871)
• 1804 » Emma Smith, American religious leader († 1879)
• 1809 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist († 1889)
• 1823 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician († 1908)
• 1830 » Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter († 1903)
• 1832 » Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer († 1897)

• 1680 » Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (b. 1643)
• 1683 » François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian and author (b. 1610)
• 1686 » John Fell, English bishop and academic (b. 1625)
• 1776 » Richard Peters, English lawyer and minister (b. 1704)
• 1794 » Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (b. 1754)
• 1806 » George Stubbs, English painter and academic (b. 1724)
• 1851 » Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Clement Clarke Moore, American author and educator (b. 1779)
• 1881 » Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)

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.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on July 10, 1779 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.