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• Charles Manners-Sutton († 1845)
• Coleta Van Hecke, Beveren (Roeselare),, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Andrew Sandilands, Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
• Adrianus Vermeij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrien van der Plas, Geldrop, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan Donkersloot, Hoornaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje de Lange, Dordrecht, 3311, Nederland († 1818)
• Cornelis Besems, Oosterhout († 1859)
• Adrianus [Arie] Vermeij, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1851)
• Barbara Maria VOS, Messelbroek vl.Brabant * († 1856)

• Dirk van Berkum (2), Hoorn, Nederland
• Altje Harms (3), Neuefehn
• Dirkje Hemelop (0), Hillegersberg
• Bento Ribeiro Salgado (60), Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Aris Warmerdam (72), Voorhout
• Cornelis van Loo (74)
• Anna Magdalena Tille (44), Leiden, Nederland
• anna de boeyer (61), ruysbroek
• Derk Schreurs (65), Henxel (Winterswijk) (GL)
• Barbara Meerts (43), Beersel, Belgie

• 1718 » Paul Rabaut, French pastor († 1794)
• 1737 » Thomas Paine, prominent for publishing Common Sense (1776), which established him as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States († 1809)
• 1749 » Christian VII of Denmark († 1808)
• 1754 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio († 1806)
• 1756 » Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia († 1818)
• 1761 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1849)
• 1782 » Daniel Auber, French composer († 1871)
• 1801 » Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor († 1857)
• 1810 » Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic († 1893)
• 1810 » Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter († 1862)

• 1678 » Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
• 1706 » Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
• 1737 » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
• 1743 » André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. John
14. Jean
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Joanna
9. Trijntje
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• 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 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
• May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
• May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

The temperature on January 29, 1780 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken.