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• Adriaantje Steenland, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland († 1813)
• Agnes Hodgson, Anneside, Cumberland, England († 1868)
• Adriaan Ophorst, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Aaltje Saly, barendrecht (zuid holland) († 1819)
• Anna 'Antje' Jansdr van Driel, Cool, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1843)
• Aaltjen Goedhuis, Groningen († 1782)
• Adriaan Ophorst, Sprang († 1824)
• Catherine Thielemans, Brussel
• Aaltje (Aartje) Jansdr. Saly, Barendrecht († 1819)
• Anna Gertruda Reffeltrath, Wald Solingen

• Jean Baptiste Ouellet (76), Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
• Jean Baptiste "dit Depaincour" OUELLET (76), Kamouraska, Qc
• Jan de Wilde (1), Woubrugge
• Gertrudis Mechtildis Meuffels (62), Holtum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Françoise VILLELEGIER (50), Chezbrad / St Martial sur Isop 87,87,F
• Jan Barendsz Schenkvoort
• Esther Margaretha Pfitzer (62), Edingen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Jenneke Ariens Buijs (63), Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beitske Martens (29), Dronrijp
• Jean Baptiste Ouellette (76), Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada

• 1752 » Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician († 1844)
• 1778 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist († 1850)
• 1792 » William II of the Netherlands († 1849)
• 1803 » Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony († 1829)
• 1805 » Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician († 1871)
• 1805 » Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia († 1876)
• 1812 » Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1884)
• 1823 » Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist († 1900)
• 1827 » William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits († 1901)
• 1833 » John S. Mosby, American colonel († 1916)

• 1686 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
• 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
• 1771 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
• 1779 » Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
• 1788 » Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)

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. Jean
14. John
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)
• May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• 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.
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
• November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

The temperature on December 6, 1780 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist.