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• Aaltje Lubberts Huisman, Mastenbroek († 1805)
• Aalbert van Wakeren, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ambrosius Coudyser, Anzegem, België († 1863)
• Anthony Looijsen, Groede
• Aagjen Harmens Lammertsma, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1857)
• Albertus Exalto, Heukelum († 1818)
• Aagjen Lammertsma, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1857)
• Antje Siezes de Boer, Benedenknijpe, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1847)
• Aagje Harmens Lammerts, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Absalom Talbot, Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1816)

• Joannes Franciscus Raman (0), Wetteren
• Petrus Crijnszn. Beljaers (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van Damme (82), Westrozebeke
• Maijke Maartens ROOS (73), Alblasserdam
• Petronella Juriens (48), Beugen
• Pietertje Corstiaansd MORET (1)
• mattheus van der horst (39), amsterdam
• Faes Catharina (53), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Anne Marie FREYBURGER (0), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• N. Mannens (0), Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1718 » Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic († 1808)
• 1720 » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist († 1793)
• 1724 » Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony († 1780)
• 1750 » Frederick Adolf, duke of Östergötland († 1803)
• 1796 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1811 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet († 1863)
• 1818 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden († 1896)
• 1821 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer († 1910)
• 1837 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist († 1873)
• 1843 » Virgil Earp, American marshal († 1905)

• 1695 » Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
• 1698 » Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1633)
• 1721 » Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
• 1730 » François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (b. 1644)
• 1756 » Pieter Langendijk, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1683)
• 1792 » John Paul Jones, Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (b. 1747)
• 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Joannes
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.
• 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.
• 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 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.

The temperature on July 18, 1779 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.